An article’s effectiveness is based on its tone and their different unique styles. In the two articles I comprehended from the movie, Gimme Shelter, the authors used different techniques to produce a different feeling for the readers. There are two main techniques to make an article effective: tone and style. Based on the style, movie review one appears to shows more seriousness and criticism while movie review two is more about informing the readers about the movie. However from tone wise, movie review one is more formal compared the movie review two. The use of tone and style contributes to the effectiveness of the two articles differently.
To begin critiquing about movie one, movie review one mainly articulates about the movie summary, movie background, and the amount of effort they put in the movie in order to release it. The author Sandy comprised her movie with professional and serious tone to share her thoughts on this article. First of all, she describe the background of Gimme Shelter. “Inspired by a true story (the actual people are shown during the end credits), Gimme Shelter is a work of gritty social realism that draws from compelling real-life events, but fails to properly explore the many important issues that it raises.” (Screen Rant, Schaefer) As it is explained, Sandy mentioned is it the social issue that solely inspired this film. Second of all, Sandy openly and
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honestly criticize the writer/producer. “Much of the fault for that lies with Gimme Shelter writer/director Ron Krauss (Amexica), whose script work is clunky and lazy, in general. Krauss takes a stance on a number of polarizing discussion topics (class-based privilege, abortion, faith), but he often skips on providing a proper or even-handed argument to support his positions.” (Screen Rant, Schaefer) Not many people would openly criticize someone’s great work openly. This is another reason why this article is more effective than the other one. I admire her professionalism and honesty. Another technique used in this article is the style. Professionalism as in formalism. From the broad word choices and sentence structure, she transforms a basic article into a formal paper. “Regardless of whether or not you agree with Krauss’ political/philosophical leanings in Gimme Shelter, the film does generally have its heart in the right place and it aspires to shed light on social problems that aren’t easy to talk about.” (Screen Rant, Schaefer) In my opinion, words like that are very convincing and persuasive. On the other hand, movie review two written by Anne Morse gives one a feeling of simplicity. Instead of seriousness and professionalism, this article is very basic and simple. Half of the article is covered by the movie summary. The remaining of it discusses the comments about the film and the cast. Also, Anne often attempts to promote the film. “Instead, Gimme Shelter has big stars and an award-winning director who has created a film with enough power and subtlety to inspire a wide spectrum of Americans.” (National Review Online, Morse) Notice Sandy criticizes the director while Anne describes the director as powerful and inspirational. Obviously, it is a fact that they have different opinion, but it is also the styles of writing that you can differentiate the obvious. The style and tone in this article give me a different feeling compared to the first article. With certainty, this article is literally much simpler than Sandy’s article.” Krauss got the idea for Gimme Shelter while visiting his brother over the holidays a few years ago. One of DiFiore’s shelters was about a mile from his brother’s house, and he decided to pay it a visit.” (National Review Online, Morse) The feeling it provides me is very neutral. Furthermore, Anne’s styles compared to Sandy’s is much more effortless. Anne often borrows quotes instead of her own opinion to expresses herself. “I knocked on the door and introduced myself, and saw what was going on. I actually borrowed Kathy’s video camera and started interviewing the girls.” “Because he was a big actor, and I didn’t really expect to have big actors in this movie. And James Earl Jones actually studied to be a priest when he was younger, and he understands a lot about racism, and about compassion and healing and faith.” (National Online Review, Morse) All the quotes above were stated by the director of Gimme Shelter. Anne barely shared her own opinion because most of the time she used the director’s lines instead of her owns. In comparison, Sandy’s article provides a stronger tone and style.
The reason her writing is more effective is because she shares her own thoughts. Not only that, she also uses a powerful and persuasive voice throughout her writing. Anne’s article aims at the correct way, except her techniques are not strong as Sandy’s. For a betterment, Anne should be more open and express her own thoughts and opinions with honesty like Sandy achieved. Obviously the two articles are both movie reviews. They primarily aim at movie lovers. Overall, they are both excellent articles about an excellent
movie. To conclude, every writing has its own uniqueness. One could be more effective than the other based on the use of tone and style. The two article above both discussed the same topic. However, the outcomes are different because different authors use the writing techniques differently. Regardless of the topic, an article’s effectiveness is depended on the authors and how they apply the techniques into their writings.
It suggested that hurricane Katrina was not a natural disaster, but a disaster that was caused directly by our own government on both local and federal levels. The film wasn’t easy to watch because it showed how people’s lives were destroyed. I felt both anger and sadness while watching the film. There is no doubt that the people in New Orleans were mistreated during hurricane Katrina, and many of them are still living the consequences today. The film covered people from all races, backgrounds and income levels who spoke about the disaster through their own experiences and how it has personally affected them. There were profanity, racial slurs and many frustrations. There were also prayers and music.There was a lot of blame to go around with Hurricane Katrina, but the people of New Orleans showed strength in the face of the disaster. Throughout the film, people talk about the difficulties that they face after Katrina. It was surprising to see that people waited 4 months and longer in some areas for FEMA trailers. In this regard, the film was an eye opener of the lack of support of our own government in New Orleans. While watching the film, I learned about the spirit of New Orleans. It is such a unique place because of its people and culture.
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...e than emotions when supporting her argument. As one articles tried with evidence and the other with emotions to support their argument, they both lack stronger evidence and did not catch the reader attention that well. There are still more articles to examining on the subject but in the end, I felt Kaminer gave a stronger argument with more evidence and support then Rodriguez.
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