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Genere Translation

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Mar 202019
 

The office handbook

The office is easily a show that is seen as  a cult classic in the realm of television sitcoms.  However it is obvious to anyone fan of the show that the office in “The Office” is not a environment meant to be conducive to productivity despite of the success of the Dundermifflin branch. This ever apparent disrespect for the traditional work environment is why I feel as though a multitude of the episodes can be used to build a handbook of prohibited behavior.

The princess and the complete waste of time.

The Disney film “the Princess and the Frog” we are given our first black disney princess, however her story differs in many ways beyound just her skin color. The prince in which she is given to fall in love with is anything but charming and is instead a very lazy and entitled person. it is clear early on that the prince is more concerned with his fortune and his ability to use it to capture the attention of young women. So when faced with the challenge of being transformed into frog, he simply attaches himself o the female protagonist, while still trying to place himself on a petosal and minimize his faluts. This story can easily be transformed into a cautionary tale for women in the form a fu#k boy storytime.

Proposal – The Ways In Which You Can Improve: Instructional Films regarding Self-Image and Societal Acceptance

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Mar 012019
 

The Ways In Which You Can Improve: Instructional Films

As the youth within our modern society continue to grow more consumed with their self-image with the passing of every generation, they are also plagued with the heavy load that is finding their place in the world as they mature. This obsession with self-perfection within one’s youth commonly coincides with the stress of navigating the onslaught of decisions and responsibility the will inevitably befall them.  Many educational institutions of today feel the need to intervene in these situations and put lessons in place that promote self-love and individuality, many times in the form of visual media. However, this is not a new tactic that many modern schools are only now discovering if we look back at how the stresses of teens growing up where handle in the past we will see a very similar approach to this problem. After the 1940’s it had become common for educational documentary filmmakers to produce instructional films that would detail the protocol needed in different situations to meet the expectations or values being presented in the film.  What has changed, however, are the types of behaviors and ways of thought that were taught in this visual media regarding self-image. With these films as an example, it is simple to see as to where these preoccupations with self-image developed and how these films played a role in manipulating the thoughts of children to highly value and yearn for societal approval.

The purpose of the films was to educate youth on the several societal expectations they might face as they fall into adulthood, as well as, to ensure that these expectations were to be held on to and passed down generationally. Which, in this selfie obsessed and the self-comparative world, it is easy to see how they have succeeded in this endeavor in unexpected ways. The idea that the many companies felt the need to produce instructional films to guide young people on the extremely high standard in which they are to consistently adhere to directly the shows the rigidity and uniformity pertaining to the expectations surrounding adult life within this time period. The motivation of the lifestyle seemed to center around the need to conform, presenting one’s best self only in ways that were deemed acceptable.  And the best way for youth to successfully learn to conform was to teach the importance of developing personal disciplines that would aid youth in making acceptable decisions that they may anticipate to make as they mature.

The purpose of this paper is to explore three ways in which the youth of this time period were taught to develop the personal disciplines required to have what was believed to be a happy life that, even more importantly,  fits into the formalities of the current status quo. The manufacturers of academic aids saw the development of these “required disciplines” as an opportunity to create films detailing the specific expected behavior of the youth as they grew into young adults.   These lessons included: training to improve your personality to better suit common social situations, maintaining a tidy, and fashionable appearance, as well as managing healthy friendships and romantic relationships. This paper will ultimately explain the relationship between these three personal disciplines and what this time’s society had deemed as significant in regard to learning the art of living, finding where one belonged in the world. This paper will also explore the relationship between modern societies perspective on self-image versus the perspective held at the time these instructional films were made.

 

Point of Significance – take two

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Feb 222019
 

 

Question: What is the purpose of production companies manufacturing films that educate youth on the several societal expectations they might face as they fall into adulthood? Why is necessary for these youth being able to monitor themselves so closely and confirm their abilities to conduct themselves within the strict guidelines or standards provided for them?

Subject Points of Significance
Personality Training Ensuring the one develops a social identity that attracts positive attention and guarantees that they obtain a credible reputation that promotes healthy relationships. Coaching in the ability to control one’s temperament and work effectively with others.
Appearance Monitoring Ensuring that one consistently maintains a level of cleanliness and hygiene.  As well as, the importance of dressing in tidy and fashionable ways that were deemed acceptable.
Managing Relationships How to gain consistent platonic friendships with peers while maintaining a certain level of popularity. It is also stressed the importance of engaging in romantic relationships within certain guidelines and boundaries that upheld specific religious and societal views on gender roles and purity.

Major Sub: Personal Discipline

Major POS: The purpose of these films seems to be to have the youth develop the personal disciplines needed to construct what was believed to be a successful and happy life. This predominantly seemed to show that people believed that one had to adhere to these higher standards as the only way to reach a higher standard of living. They also emphasized the importance of personal responsibility and the benefits of having a knowledge of  social etiquette. This particular mindset was thought to open a persons world up to way of life that included more financially beneficial opportunities through having a credible reputation would be well regarded among their peers in the workplace. This way of thinking was also believed to better one’s life socially by explaining the importance of “fitting in” and attracting the “appropriate behavior” to obtain the appropriate response, even in romantic settings.  The manufacturers of these materials, as well as, society itself deeply held this personal belief that a happy life was made entirely of a series of mundane choices and decisions with a very specific list of responses mapped out by the ideals followed in these rigid times.

 

Points of Significance – Mid 1900’s instructional films

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Feb 202019
 

Question: What is the purpose of production companies manufacturing films that educate youth on the several societal expectations they might face as they fall into adulthood? Why is necessary for these youth being able to monitor themselves so closely and confirm their abilities to conduct themselves within the strict guidelines or standards provided for them?

Subject Points of Significance
Personality Training Ensuring the one develops a social identity that attracts positive attention and guarantees that they obtain a credible reputation that promotes healthy relationships. Coaching in the ability to control one’s temperament and work effectively with others.
Appearance Monitoring Ensuring that one consistently maintains a level of cleanliness and hygiene.  As well as, the importance of dressing in tidy and fashionable ways that were deemed acceptable.
Managing Relationships How to gain consistent platonic friendships with peers while maintaining a certain level of popularity. It is also stressed the importance of engaging in romantic relationships within certain guidelines and boundaries that upheld specific religious and societal views on gender roles and purity.

Major Sub: Personal Discipline

Major POS: The purpose is to have the youth develop the personal disciplines needed to construct what was believed to be a successful and happy life. The manufacturers of these materials, as well as, society itself deeply held this personal belief that a happy life was made entirely of a series of mundane choices and decisions with a very specific list of responses mapped out by the ideals followed in these rigid times.

Purpose: Personal Discipline- The purpose is to have the youth develop the personal disciplines needed to construct what was believed to be a successful and happy life. The manufacturers of these materials, as well as, society itself deeply held this personal belief that a happy life was made entirely of a series of mundane choices and decisions with a very specific list of responses mapped out by the ideals followed in these rigid times.

The technical definition of mid 1900’s instructional short films regarding societal expectations of youth

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Feb 132019
 

Used in many classrooms, family homes, or where ever youth are encouraged to learn and grow, the film “Improve  your Personality” is a short instructional film that teaches youth the importance of how one conducts themselves in order to attract the positive attention of others.  This film was  developed by the leading producers and distributors of educational documentaries, Coronet Instructional Films.  The purpose of their films being to educate and inform youth on a multitude of topics including the topic: personal guidance. Films regarding personal guidance aid in the struggle youth may have when learning to make decisions most suitable for them. These difficult decisions can include when and whom one should date or the behaviors necessary to attract and keep good friends.  Whatever the societal issue, it is likely Coronet  Instructional Films has published a piece to relieve the societal tension. The films that best exemplify the needs of a schools students are then integrated into the curriculum as a means to ensure that the children are given a sure opportunity to be guided within the decisions that impact their personal lives most.  

 

Mid 1900’s instructional films Heuristic #2

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Feb 052019
 

Identify and Describe Patterns in the Genre’s Features

What content is typically included or excluded? How is the content treated? What sorts of examples are used? What counts as evidence (personal testimony, facts, etc.)?

Content that is excluded if there are any positive outcomes are to be assumed to follow if the protagonist were to not follow the advice given in the films. The films give the protagonist a slanted or one sided view point what actually may happen if a young person were to learn to navigate the adult world on their own and not make use of the instructions provided in the film.

The films typically include a series of scenes where the protagonist is introduced and placed in a setting where they are forced to engage in a social situation. The narrator then announces to the audience the significance of the actions the protagonist are preforming because they are the actions deemed as correct. If the protagonist is not seen implementing these correct behaviors the audience is then taught how this only harms the protagonist through a demonstration on screen of a negative outcome.

What rhetorical appeals are used? What appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos appear?

The rhetorical appeals used are most definitely these demonstrations of extreme hyperbole. Only if the protagonists followed the instructions presented would their paths lead to success or happiness. The life of the protagonist would take on aspects of what would have been seen a s a idolized life. If the protagonist ever did not do as instructed their actions were literally presented as harshly as possible. The actors purposefully portrayed these characters as immature or rude instead of incredibly likable and polite. The appeal was the hyperbole used when presenting each path and the foreseeable outcomes as such favorable or unfortunate lives.

How are texts in the genres structured? What are their parts, and how are they organized?

There id the introduction of the protagonist followed by the introduction of the social setting, personal responsibility, or societal expectation to be conquered through the use of correct etiquette or a set of beliefs to obtain. We the audience watch the protagonist work their way through the predetermined lesson and see whether they succeed by following the advice voiced in the film or fail by making their own choices.

In what format are texts of this genre presented? What layout or appearance is common? How long/big is a typical text in this genre?

The content is primarily presented in short films.

What types of “sentences” do texts in the genre typically use? How long are they? Are they simple or complex, passive or active? Are the sentences varied? Do they share a certain style?

~ [Name] is smart to prepare their outfit the night before

~Lets see [Name] do this again, but this time with more care.

~The way people see you is the way they will perceive you

Mid 1900’s instructional films Heuristic #1

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Feb 032019
 

Gabrielle Sutton

ENC 3310

 

Introduce Your Genre

  1. Identify your tentative “underappreciated” genre (or subgenre)

Mid 1900’s  instructional short films regarding societal expectations of youth especially pertaining to young women.

  1. What is interesting to you about this genre? Or, why might it be significant or otherwise worth paying attention to?

The fact that the many companies felt the need to produce instructional films to guide young people on the extremely high standard in which they are to consistently adhere to directly  the shows the rigidity and uniformity pertaining to the expectations

  1. Tentatively, define/describe your corpus (collection of texts/examples)

My collection consists of films meant to inform its viewers of ways in which to live their lives to produce favorable outcomes within a society containing  uniformed beliefs.

  1. Provide links (and/or titles) of five samples. (Try to gather samples from more than one “place” [or type] in order to obtain a diverse and accurate representation of the genre. For now, choose samples without significant deviations).
  1.  Habit Patterns (1954) McGraw Hill- Text Film (15 mins)  https://youtu.be/g9QljFO1q-0
  2. Improve Your Personality (1951) Coronet Instructional Films (10 mins) https://youtu.be/VvFF9NlRlxQ
  3. Buying Food (1950) Centron Productions (11 mins)  https://youtu.be/9XU9c7yLU3o
  4. Going Steady (1951) Coronet Instructional Films (10 mins)  https://youtu.be/RRF-nB8xJLI
  5. How to Be Well Groomed (1949) Coronet Instructional Films https://youtu.be/QtSo0GBX_0g

EXTRA:

  1. Pond’s beauty tutorial (1946) Pond’s beauty https://youtu.be/jYUcCsgD80E

 

Describe the Context

  1. Setting: Where (in what context or medium) does the genre appear? How and when is it used? With what other genres does this genre interact? How?

The context of the material was primarily provided in the form of short films with youth showcasing proper behaviors to be taught to other youth. The films were shown in schools and youth groups. The instructional films would often over-cross with other genres such as: romance, relationships, finances, and one’s appearance. This is because the films are used to guide youth regarding a multitude of areas of difficulty they may face.

  1. Subject: What topics, issues, ideas, etc. are common to this genre? When people use this genre, what are they communicating about?

    The films are used to cover the correct ways of handling multiple situations. There films regarding how to conduct oneself in public or social situations, in romantic situations and regarding even how to handle your finances. The makers of these films are concerned with educating youth and making them aware of the high standards they must live up to to move smoothly throughout life.

  1. Writers:  Who writes the texts in this genre? Are multiple writers possible? What roles do they perform? What characteristics must writers of this genre possess? Under what circumstances do writers write the genre (e.g., in teams, on a computer, in a rush, for their profession? for fun?)?

The films were primarily produced by companies that were already in the business of supplying education material, as well as companies that were already marketing to children and young adults.

  1. Readers: Who reads the texts in this genre? Is there more than one type of reader for this genre? What roles do they perform? What characteristics must readers of this genre possess? Under what circumstances do readers read the genre (e.g., at their leisure, on the run, in waiting rooms)?

    The films was original produced with the belief that behoove any young person to have access to a collection of information that establish a habit of what was deemed appropriate or outstanding behavior within society.

  1. Exigency/Purpose(s): Why do writers write this genre, and why do readers read it? What purposes does the genre fulfill for the people who use it?

The audience is looking to find a sort of “cheat sheet” of knowledge obtaining to the best ways to conduct themselves in a various set of crucial or even mundane circumstances. It could be believed that with the heightened importance to social etiquette at the time many young people found it stressful to handle expectations placed on them as the became accustomed to the ways of adult life. The makers of these films felt the need to fill in the holes within the knowledge of social etiquette for these youth as a way to lessen the stress they face as they age and mature.  These films can also serve the purpose of providing a way of directly comparing modern views on social customs and expectations with the customs and expectations of the past