According to a recent survey, 61% of the people responded that, “they rarely or never go to the movies anymore” (Cruz, 2012). Many people do not go to movie theaters anymore because they can buy or watch movies from other alternatives such as Redbox and Netflix. The advances in the small-screen technologies have bowled-over the big screen works. “Movie and TV Genres”, written by John Vivian presents three types of motion media; movies, television and small screen works to inform and persuade the reader to his viewpoint.
Vivian elaborates on how the motion pictures emerged from stage plays to movies with full-length sound-track to colorful movies and then finally to computer-generated imagery. Vivian clearly, although indirectly reveals …show more content…
He makes an impression of not endorsing the availability of around-the-clock news nowadays. He thinks that many local news channels “mix their own coverage with soft news and fluff [entertainment]” and this jeopardizes the future of evening news. This makes one question the author’s background. Was he involved in the media industry? Did new advancements in the media industry turned over his career? Moreover, this could be the reason why there was no background information found about his career and his life even after scrutinizing the web. The only reference found was from a textbook he wrote for media students which was published by Pearson in 2012. Since he wrote a textbook especially for media students in order to inform and teach them, it can be inferred that he must be an expert in his field. This further makes him a credible and trustworthy …show more content…
He euphemizes his frustration by saying, “The universal love affair with small-screen devices made the availability of live television for smartphone and tablet users a no barrier”. Moreover, he completely segregates this part of the article on small-screen media and does not go into as much details as he did with movies and television. Even at the end of the article, he asks the reader, “How is it that movies on television fall short of the experience of viewing the same movie in a theater?” It spurs different thoughts and attracts the reader toward his viewpoint; watching movies in a theater rather at home on small devices.
To sum up, the examples included from the article evidently demonstrate the author’s perception of movies, television and motion media on small-screen. After scrutinizing the article, one can pick up on the organization pattern of the text. It is organized into categories, however, another pattern the text follows is according to his most to least preferred type of motion media. Although the author indirectly attempts to persuade the reader toward movie theaters, he adequately presents evident and informs the reader about the
Vivian elaborates on how the motion pictures emerged from stage plays to movies with full-length sound-track to colorful movies and then finally to computer-generated imagery. Vivian clearly, although indirectly reveals …show more content…
He makes an impression of not endorsing the availability of around-the-clock news nowadays. He thinks that many local news channels “mix their own coverage with soft news and fluff [entertainment]” and this jeopardizes the future of evening news. This makes one question the author’s background. Was he involved in the media industry? Did new advancements in the media industry turned over his career? Moreover, this could be the reason why there was no background information found about his career and his life even after scrutinizing the web. The only reference found was from a textbook he wrote for media students which was published by Pearson in 2012. Since he wrote a textbook especially for media students in order to inform and teach them, it can be inferred that he must be an expert in his field. This further makes him a credible and trustworthy …show more content…
He euphemizes his frustration by saying, “The universal love affair with small-screen devices made the availability of live television for smartphone and tablet users a no barrier”. Moreover, he completely segregates this part of the article on small-screen media and does not go into as much details as he did with movies and television. Even at the end of the article, he asks the reader, “How is it that movies on television fall short of the experience of viewing the same movie in a theater?” It spurs different thoughts and attracts the reader toward his viewpoint; watching movies in a theater rather at home on small devices.
To sum up, the examples included from the article evidently demonstrate the author’s perception of movies, television and motion media on small-screen. After scrutinizing the article, one can pick up on the organization pattern of the text. It is organized into categories, however, another pattern the text follows is according to his most to least preferred type of motion media. Although the author indirectly attempts to persuade the reader toward movie theaters, he adequately presents evident and informs the reader about the