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Please view the video below once, and then read the questions posted afterward and watch it again.
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Please format the questions into paragraph form as you answer them.
1. What is the purpose for the video?
2. Who do you think is the intended audience?
3. What aspects of ethos, logos and pathos does this video use to fulfill its purpose?
4. Does the video succeed in its purpose? (Why or why not?)
If you wish to express opinion, please do so, but remember to keep an academic mindset by using evidence from the video to back up any claims you make.
Peer Reply by Friday, June 14th.
Advise a classmate about how you may agree or disagree with him/her and use at least one piece of evidence from the video in order to support your response (use evidence that is different from what you used in your original post, and different from examples your classmate used in his/her post; if you have difficulty finding new evidence, then please find ways to rephrase). Please argue responsibly with your classmates by staying academic.
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The most considerable purpose of this video, "Saturday Come Slow - Massive Attack", is to shine the light on music torture at Guantanamo Bay Prison. There are two people relating information. The ear is discussed by an individual who contributes facts about decibel levels and their connection with the ear. The scene is set at a research facility suggesting the levels of noise that would damage the ear have been explored. The band Massive attack is expecting their fans, which is likely the target audience, to see this as reasonable due to their established credibility.
ReplyDeleteAnother key aspect of the video is an interview with a British man who apparently was a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. The video builds bridges with this man through his genuine emotional appeal, which is highlighted through close up camera angles. The British man describes being the recipient of some harsh interrogation techniques and the victim of musical torture. At his worst he was shackled and subject to two and a half days of blaring heavy metal. The song "Saturday Come Slow" suggests Massive Attacks's sympathy with the isolation he describes experiencing.
As a band and with a closing reference to zerodb.org, an organization trying to prevent music torture, they infer their possible inclusion in such practices. This video displays an artistic message against harsh interrogation policies.
I agree that this video is used against the use of harsh interrogation polices. Not only did the man speak of musical torture but the shackling, isolation, use of dogs etc to show awareness of the treatment with in Guantanamo Bay prison.
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ReplyDeleteIn the video "Saturday Come Slow - Massive Attack," by futureshorts.com filmed at Cambridge University, it shows the effects of sound on a person at different levels. The narrator, who appears to be a professor from Cambridge University explains how the ear works, and the sound levels it can handle. He goes on to explain that humans can only handle so much, and at a higher decibel level, the ears feel pain or become damaged from the noise. The other man who speaks was a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay. He relates the song "Saturday Come Slow" to his time there. He continues with his experience and the interrogation techniques used on him, including torture from loud music over long periods of time. Trying to break the prisoner, the interrogators did what they could to get inside his head. The narrator goes on to explain that the quality of speakers used to interrogate damaged those being investigated more than that of a higher quality, causing more trauma to the victims. Causing trauma more psychologically than physically. Ending the video is the prisoner talking about his return home after a long imprisonment and the effects the interrogations had on him rejoining society. Overall the film shows us, the people, the affects of music torture on prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and explained further into depth the delicacy of human ears by an expert from Cambridge University.
ReplyDeleteI would say that so far, yours is the one summary I have read that does not have the writer's opinion coming through. The video is on a sensitive subject and the person that was describing his situation there is a perfect subject to pull the heart strings the hardest. You have a summary of what you saw, the facts included, and what you thought the point was.
DeleteThis video shows another form of torture at Guantanamo Bay. Researchers at Cambridge University explain how using loud music on
ReplyDeletepoor quality speakers to the extent of distorting or "clipping" the
sound, is more detrimental to the individual than the loud music in itself.
The target audience may have a more liberal bent and be more sympathetic to the plight of these detainees such as Amnesty International.
The "enemy combatant" in this case appears as a well-spoken British man imprisoned under inhumane conditions only to be released a few years later with no consequence from the U.S. government.
For its intended audience this video may help drive home the fact that the facilities at Guantanamo should cease. It's unfortunate that the general mindset in this country wants to keep
this facility open to imprison "terrorists" such as this man that didn't even justify a night in a county jail.
Mark, you got the vital information in, and I agree with the lack of justice shown in the video from the example of the British man who was held prisoner. I would just be careful by using opinion or views, although I understand completely where you are coming from.
DeleteThe video "Saturday Come Slow-Massive Attack", exposes a form of torture at Guantanamo Bay known as sound or music torture. It goes a bit in depth about how prisoners are subject to this torture and the damage it can cause. The video seems targeted towards individuals that might be quick to feel sympathy for prisoners, or those that might be against any type of torture. In this video a former prisoner discusses what he went through while staying at Guantanamo Bay. He talks about how he was left for up to 2 1/2 days with metal music blaring through loud, distorted speakers. When he was freed he mentions how hard it was to adjust to normal life after enduring that torture. Throughout the video, facts about the ear and about damage are given to you. A man explains how distorted sound, can actually be more harmful than just loud sound or music. The video seems to have been pretty successful in getting the point across. It made it possible to sympathize with those subject to this form of torture.
ReplyDelete"Saturday Come Slow- Massive Attack," provided by Futureshots.com informs viewers of the harsh interrogation process demonstrated in Guantanamo Bay prison. An expert on decibel sounds and there effects explains what decibel levels are painful and when they become damaging. A freed prisoner from Guantanamo Bay shares his touching story of his imprisonment and interrogation. Prior to being interrogated he was isolated and listened to only the sounds of the wind. The prisoner was then shackled from hands to feet and was lead to a small and cold interrogation room, where he sat and listened to loud/ distorted music that was constantly playing. This is a form of audio torture. Viewers listened to a demonstration of some of these harmful sounds allowing viewers to relate to the pain that was caused to the prisoners. This clip was effective in the sense that it provided statistics from an expert when targeting those against the wrongful treatment of prisoners. Using the prisoner to tell his story was used in hope of receiving sympathy from the audience. Guantanamo Bay prison uses many hash forms of imprisonment and interrogation that people should be are of.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement that the video accurately demonstrated the way that the prisoners were tortured. The board with the sand or flour that jumped with every note of the music was a very effective demonstration, as was the slurry in the speaker. It makes one shiver, and be grateful that they don't have to endure that.
DeleteThe purpose of the video “Saturday Come Slow – Massive Attack” is to relay information about sound, the levels at which it is comfortable to hear, and the levels at which it is not, and the way it is used on the human body. Namely the way it was used on a young man named Ruhal Ahmed who was detained, and tortured at Guantanamo Bay. I believe that Adam Broomberg, and Oliver Chanarin intended for the general American public to be the main audience for this video, and I feel like Ahmed wanted to get his story out in the world, so that everyone can see how detainees are treated at Guantanamo. Out of the three persuasive appeals, Pathos reigned with the way Ruhal told the story of his detainment. He speaks of how he was tightly shackled every time that he was out of his cell, and though he was not shackled while inside his cell, it was small, and impossible to walk around in. Ethos takes the remaining portion of persuasive appeal when Ruhal told of the method in which he was suffered. Bringing the different pieces of the video together, he spoke of being tortured by the use of extremely high-volume heavy metal music for 36 hours straight, along with a slew of physical harm that was imposed on him. After two years, he was released without an explanation or apology. The staff of Guantanamo bay just dropped him off back in the UK and added, “you’re free to go.” The video succeeds with its purpose in that Ruhal Ahmed’s story is now public, and available for anybody to hear.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read your summary I would know exactly what you were talking about if I had never watched this video. You explain the whole video in great detail and defintely capture the main points without rambling. Its short, sweet, and to the point.
DeleteThe purpose of the video “Saturday Come Slow- Massive Attack” is to provide how sound can affect a person’s thoughts and well-being. When a person thinks of music, thoughts of genre come to mind. Preference is based on an individual’s interest such as country, rap, rock and heavy metal. Music is a language that is understood by all cultures, in every part of the world. Torture is the last thing that comes to mind with music. However, Cambridge University describes the effectiveness of sound and how different frequencies can impair a person’s judgment and cause excruciating pain, which validates the effectiveness of torture in the Guantanamo Bay Prison.
ReplyDeleteAs a first person narrative, the British gentleman describes the emotional and psychological abuse while held captive in the Guantanamo Bay Prison to express truth of his experience. The average person talks at 60 decibels, it is proven that it is not painful. However the sound’s that come from a person’s mouth can hold another person feeling a prisoner in their own head. Words are an effective method of torture and can work the same way as poor audio equipment blaring heavy metal. The video can be directed to anyone who may have said cruel words to another, so people can understand the ramifications of a slip of the tongue.
The purpose of the video seemed to be two parts. One, it was an interview with a person on his experience being detained by the US Government. The other purpose was to describe sound waves and ways that they could be harmful.
ReplyDeleteThe intended audience would be anyone who is interested in sound or wants more information on some of the interrogation techniques used. The use of heavy metal turned at full volume and how sound distortions would annoy and could hurt someone’s hearing.
The ethos that I found was using a person from a famous scientific university to discuss how sounds are different and what effects those sounds could have on a person. The logos would be all of the information and testing that has been done on hearing and sounds. The pathos would be the person who was interviewed talking about what it was like being held and different ways that he was questioned.
I’m not really sure if the video succeed in its purpose. To me, it was a little hard to follow on just what point the makers were trying to get across. Did the makers want to give out information on sounds and what sounds do to people or did they want to talk about what kind of interrogation techniques the US used involving sounds? That, to me, made this video a little hard to follow on just what point or purpose I was to get from it.
I think this is a good objective view of the video.It definitely was somewhat vague on the exact point they were trying to make.
DeleteThe purpose of "Saturday Come Slow- Massive Attack" is about the effects Guantanamo Bay has on prisoners by using sound as a form of torture in various ways such as dogs barking loudly, and playing music in poor quality speakers extremely loud in a small room for days. The intended audience of this video could be to appeal to family members who have or had a relative in Guantanamo Bay. It could also appeal to someone who is researching the effects loud music has on a person, whether good or bad. In this video the producer uses a former prisoner of Guantanamo Bay to use as his ethos, as for the logos he talked about the ear and the effects sound can have based on the pitch and decibels. The prisoner is also used as the pathos in this video when he speaks out about his torture and how he was chained like a hog in a very small room and was forced to listen to extremely loud music with an air conditioner blasting cold air for two and a half days. The video succeeded in its purpose to explain the effects loud music has on hearing and how it can impact a person's life when used in a negative way.
ReplyDeleteI think you explained the main points very well. It is detailed and anyone reading would know what video was trying to get across.
DeleteThe writer’s purpose of the video “Saturday Come Slow – Massive Attack” is to relate information about sound and how it was used during interrogation procedures at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Video showed different levels at which sound if increased in decibels can cause pleasing or unpleasing feelings to the eardrum. Also, to show that heavy metal, which is viewed sometimes negatively had positive results for it’s intended purpose. The experiment was used on a what appeared to be terrorist suspect named Ruhal Ahmed who was apprehended, and tortured at Guantanamo Bay.
ReplyDeleteThe general audience that was targeted was Americans and anyone who would try to impose terrorist threats against the United States. The writer Ahmed wanted to get his story out to the world, so that the maltreatment at Guantanamo could be exposed.
During this video, the Pathos aspect stuck out vividly as Ruhal told the story of his detainment and alleged abuse. The description of how of how he was shackled tight fittingly every time and the small square of living space he was giving without room to walk. The writer sums up the rest of the video with the Ethos aspect. He cited different ways of suffrage including his tortures using heavy metal music blasting in his ears for hours at a time. Ruhal discussed the frequent occasions of physical harm that was imposed on him without ceasing. Ruhal was released after two years without apology or explanation. The workers of Guantanamo bay dropped him off back in the UK with words that said,“you’re free to go.”
The video succeeds with its purpose in that Ahmed’s story is now out for the world to view and see the maltreatment of people in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
I agree with the pathos aspect. I just thought that the director should have used more of this versus focusing on the artistic value of the video.
DeleteThe purpose of the video is to expose people to the human rights abuses that occurred at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The man talking about his experience was proof that the video wanted to get this information out. The video also had web links to websites to get more information about the human rights abuses.
ReplyDeleteI believe the intended audience was for social, educated, upper class people. The visual art and demonstration was very well thought out. As I watched the video, I felt like it was an art student’s project. The sounds and music were carefully selected to match the video. The use of sound to produce visual art was impressive, especially the white liquid changing form in the speaker.
The video uses an actual man who experienced human rights abuse at Guantanamo Bay. By using an actual person, the video uses ethos. The video uses very dark and slightly depressing music. This sets the mood of the video and appeals to pathos. In the beginning of the video, it explains sound. Then the man speaks about his experience. It then mentions how distortion is uncomfortable. By using these together, the video builds logos for its purpose.
I believe the video succeeds in exposing people to the human right abuses; however, I don’t feel like it did a very good job persuading. The message was there, but I felt more distracted by the visuals. I believe the people who made the video spent more of their time focusing on the production and less on the message. I believe it would have been more persuading if they would have let the man speak more about his experience and how he felt. This would have reached out more to the ethos.
In your review of this video i think you see the purpose exactly. Did you know Massive Attack was a band from England? The very first words from the former detainee are lyrics from the song "Saturday Come Slowly". Like you, i think they did a poor job of persuading the audience, however, if someone's not a Massive Attack fan, they probably wouldn't see the video or have a history of the bands political agendas. They did spend a lot of time of those distracting visuals you mentioned, but those artists like to stay away from hitting it on the nose - my opinion.
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ReplyDelete1. What is the purpose for the video? I believe the purpose of this video is to enlighten people on what kind of interrogation techniques were used at Guantanamo bay and to inform people how cruel and unusual they are.
ReplyDelete2. Who do you think is the intended audience? This video is directed at anyone interested in the interrogation techniques at Guantanamo bay.
3. What aspects of ethos, logos and pathos does this video use to fulfill its purpose? I think the ethos is the fact that he was a soldier. Pathos was the way he presented himself as a survivor of cruel interrogation. Logos was the fact that he was there and experienced everything first hand.
4. Does the video succeed in its purpose? (Why or why not?) Yes this video did a great job. I think it had just the right amount of ethos, logos and pathos. It touched me emotionally and educated me.