Process Analysis

Toulmin Argument:

Claim: It is good to be an individual, and individuality is about being true to who you are.

Reason: One should not hide who they are; to be happy they must embrace it.

Warrant: When you aren't yourself life is hard and incomplete. Being yourself and becoming comfortable with who you are makes life easier and more enjoyable.

Audience: The idea of being yourself is relevant to all ages but it is especially significant to teenagers because it is when people work to find their own identity.

Organization:

I split up my argument by first looking at the effects of just following the crowd or being someone everyone else wants you to be instead of who you are. Then I look at what it means to have individuality. The images help illustrate what being an individual is; being yourself, doing what makes you happy, not letting others hold  you back. 

The Picture's Purpose:

The beginning of my argument is the negatives of hiding in society and these images are dark and gray. The pictures in the second half illustrate how to be an individual is good by showing how it makes live better. When the message switches to positive messages, the colors and pictures turn bright and colorful.

The first part has a couple pictures of crowds to support the fact that there are a lot of people on the world and it is easy to lose yourself among the masses. Other pictures illustrate the masks and fake facade people put on. I begin to transition my argument by using pictures with quotes about individuality; why it is important not to lose it and admitting that it is hard to be true to yourself.

The slide with the poem "we must" is where I switch from showing the negatives of following the crowd to the positives of being yourself. Though I think the whole poem helps my argument, when people watch the video I want them to at least read "we must" so they can realize that a change must be made. If viewers read the poem they will also see it directly relates to the next picture. "We must bring our own light to the darkness." The next picture is a bird flying of into the light with connects the two images. The picture of the bird also representing being free from the restraints and judgments of society. I use images of birds multiple times to support my argument and help readers connect all of the pictures.

The pictures in the second part show people being themselves. The picture of the girl dancing is right after a picture with the quote "Don't be afraid to be different." In the picture shows her following that advice. I do something similar putting the picture that says "smile" next to the smiling boy with paint on his face and the quote "imperfection is individuality" next to the little girl with paint everywhere. The pictures are placed specifically to help illustrate what it means to be true to yourself and an individual.

The Music:

The song I chose is "I'll Be True To You" by Research Material. It helps enhance my argument because it is about being true to yourself. It also starts out with a slower beat and picks up right when I switch from talking about the negatives of hiding to the positives of being yourself. The beat follows my argument which amplify my message



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