ARRRRRRRR…..!!!!!
I've been thinking of brilliant ideas for this project because we're given so
much freedom unlike the first two WPs. Now I know that I work better when I’m
not given so much creativity. I lost my mind during the weekend and I’m pretty
sure I am lost still. But I was able to come up with one idea but I'm pretty
sure that I'll change later. I chose prompt one, transforming scholarly article
into young audiences' genre and older audiences' genre. My scholarly article is
"Mobile Phone as a Potential Vector of Infection in a Pediatric
Ward." From this article, I think the big message here is that cell phones
carry more germs than we think so people actually should only use cell
phones in designated area at hospitals.
For
younger audience: ages 7-12(?)
Genre:
Facebook post or...poem...?
What
I’ll be doing: Since many teenagers use Facebook a lot these days, I thought of doing Facebook post. The video should start with caption of "You won't believe what this phone can do to you..." or something like that because that how people can be drawn to attention. The post will include video from youtube/buzzfeed showing how dirty your mobile phone is. And the post will have short caption above the video maybe like a story of a patient who got sick from germs on their phone or something like that.
I am still not sure of which genre I want to transform into, I was thinking
about doing a poem for teens for “awareness of technologies these days and lack of
social interactions.” If I were to do poem, I’ll look up conventions of poems
for teenagers then try to fit into those conventions.
For
older audience: adults
Genre:
Health awareness pamphlet
What
I’ll be doing: I’ll be transforming scholarly article to a health awareness
pamphlet that can be posted on the walls (or in bathrooms) at the hospital.
There are paper folded pamphlets placed right next to the waiting room area
along with magazines and books. When people wait for a long time, where there
is no cell phone use allowed, they are willing to read whatever they can see.
So I will write/draw my pamphlet with big title that is creative and shocking
enough for them to decide to read it. Then I will also include pictures of
maybe…zoomed in pictures of germs that are on phones and introduce what kind of
diseases those germs can cause. So the main message in the pamphlet will be “Don’t
just wash your hand, wash you phones too” (??) I don’t know… this is so hard!
I had fun reading your post. It was very relatable because I also have some issues with the amount of freedom we have with this assignment. I’m so used to having a prompt answered a certain way and having a certain answer that the teacher is looking for. Because of this, I’m always expecting for my essays to have a right or wrong answer. With this assignment, there really isn’t a right or wrong answer. I am a little confused on how you’d approach the facebook post because the essence heavily relies on the video rather than the text itself. I really like your pamphlet idea though! It’s something fun and creative to do rather than having the text as a boring black and white format. Now you can put pictures and colors! So fun! Don’t be too frustrated. I think you got the hang of it, though. You have some great ideas going with the topic you picked out. With all this creative freedom, you have the chance to go a little crazy with it and be able to create something that you probably never knew you could make!
ReplyDeleteI actually have a very similar proposal! I also wanted to transform my genre into a brochure for the older audience, and an online post (Buzzfeed) for the younger audience. While our topics are very different, it's interesting to see that we can both potentially transform it into the same things! For the Facebook post, how do you plan on making it visually match a real Facebook post? Would you be adding different colors and maybe screenshotting a real Facebook page to mimic it? I think a poem is a great idea too. Would you be utilizing more rhyme for the younger audience than you would if the poem were for an older audience? Why do poems appeal to a young audience? For the pamphlet I definitely agree with you that it would be placed in some type of waiting room, as that is what I also wrote in my proposal for my brochure. But does that mean you won't have to put in the effort to make the pamphlet as visually eye-catching as possible? I look forward to your project, as it's pretty similar to mine!
ReplyDeleteHannah,
ReplyDeleteYou got this! Don’t worry—some “room to move” is a good thing, and I bet you have more creative muscle than you think.
OK, so I like the idea of a social media-y post to get the message “yo, cell phones have germs, so be careful!” to younger kids. Why? Well, they read that, and—just like germs—they’re able/likely to pass it along to their friends. Just like germs can spread (quickly), so can info in the world of social media.
I just told someone else this and I think it’s relevant for you too: I don’t love the brochure/pamphlet idea to be honest with you, though… do people read them nowadays? I feel like that’s a lost/dying genre. Where do people (more) realistically go for advice on medical-related stuff? Sure there are doctor’s-office genres, but can you spice it up? Any outside-the-box ideas?
As long as you’re starting from the specific scholarly article and asking yourself, “OK, what parts of this piece can/should I pull out for my transformation… how can I bring this to life?” pretty much anything can work. Remember, too: these are other aspects from the scholarly source that you can pull out besides just “phones have germs.” How was the study conducted? What data did they collect, and why? What did previous researchers find? These are all possible angles for your transformation if you think they’re (1) important and (2) relevant in some way for the genre you’re transforming them into.
Z