This document discusses analyzing videos and preparing for a video project about the Butler County Special Olympics. It includes: 1) An introduction to analyzing videos rhetorically and being socially aware for the client. 2) A warning that some of the example videos may be offensive and checking if anyone is uncomfortable watching them. 3) Instructions to think about how the videos depict people with disabilities, what society finds acceptable, and how to know where to draw the line and be respectful for their own video project. 4) Directing students to partner up and practice with their phones for the first video project, and announcing there is no class on Monday.

2. 1)Icebreaker
2)Talking about a Video
3)Practice time/pick your
partner

3. Icebreaker:
What’s your guilty pleasure? Mine:

4. One of the things you’ll be doing every
week is a rhetorical analysis. This feels
like a good time to conduct one such
analysis as a group.
I also want to raise the issue of being
socially aware, as we will need to be
considerate of delicate issues to work
with our client, the Butler County Special
Olympics.

5. We’re going to do three videos today.
The first is a music video made by
students (not ours, but students)
The second is a comedy song.
The third is fairly offensive, not that
the first two aren’t, too.

6. Fair warning!
What we are about to watch MIGHT insult
some of you. Or all of you. If you’re
uncomfortable dealing with potentially
hateful commentary in video, please
express your concern to me now so we can
make some sort of arrangement.

10. How do we approach this?

11. Rhetorical analysis is essentially using
rhetoric to approach an artifact.
With these, as you can guess, I expect we’ll
talk mostly about the treatment of people
who would be considered “Special.” I’m not
sure that’s the word I would use, but that’s
the word in the videos.

12. How can we learn from seeing these popular
depictions? I DO NOT (stress that DOOOO
NOOOOT) think we should refer to anyone in
such a way, but these videos are not
“unacceptable” to society. In fact the Lonely
Island one is quite popular.

13. I want us to think hard about this, because we’re
going to be presenting children and adults who
are part of this stigma with our video project.
This doesn’t mean we have to live in fear. Dr. Phill
is fat (shocker!). I still giggle at some fat jokes.
The point is we have to know the line and be
tasteful. We probably shouldn’t try to be funny.

14. But the key word:
RESPECT.

15. Practice time!

16. Let’s spend the rest of our time partnering
up for the first video project and doing some
practice with our phones.
This is also a time to ask questions.

17. No class on Monday.
For Wednesday, read sections 2, 3 and 4 of
the Premiere Classroom in a Box.
On Monday, take your hour and fifteen
minutes for this class and do NOTHING. Play
on your phone. Nap. Watch trashy TV. It’s
Labor Day. I want you to celebrate it.