Impractical Visual Medium- Barnes

   An impractical visual medium I would choose for to advance my Rhetoric Project would be a short film. This would be impractical for me to create myself because I do not have the funds or the resources to produce a professional short film. I would want this project to look professional, so I would need a camera crew and a good editing software, which I do not have right now. The short film I would want to create would be a documentary style. It would follow around women who lack health care. It would show the hardships they face and how this lack hurts them. The film would be around an hour in length because I would not want people to lose interest. I would choose the medium of a short film because there is a lot of information that needs to be released about my topic and a short video, like the one I already have made, does not do it justice. I also would do a documentary style film focusing on real women’s lives because viewers will find it interesting. If I would just make a film with facts and statistics on the screen for almost an hour, I would lose my audience. By showing real people’s life experiences I can appeal to my audience’s emotions. Health care is a very important issue in our country and many people do not have adequate access to proper health care. Through my documentary I could show women who have had to push off their doctor appointments to pay for bills or other needs. The goal I have for this project is to make more people aware of this horrible reality. People are going years without care and our government needs to step in. The short film would have a public premiere, allowing many people to see it. From here, I would hope this would make people contact their congress members to make a change in our government and society.