Purpose Statement
Purpose: I believe that
diabetes is a type of disease that many people do not worry about. People
do not realize the real risks and consequences that may happen if they are not
informed about it. Especially since today in our country there is a
significant problem with obesity. Obesity and being overweight are
significant factors as to how people develop diabetes. I hope to inform
people the detrimental effects of having diabetes whether it be type one or
two. I think people will become aware more after my photo essay of how
big of a problem it actually is.
I was diagnosed with type one diabetes last year coincidentally. There
was a situation in which I got terribly sick and I went to the hospital for
that sole reason. After running some tests on me the physicians had found
out I was in fact diabetic. Also diabetes is a disease that runs in my
family. My grandma on one side of my family has type one diabetes while
the other one had type two. But my father also has type two so it was a
big possibility that I would get it as well since diabetes can be
genetic. But I ended up diagnosed with type one which requires the use of
insulin.
The best outcome out of this essay would people would be really impacted by the
photos and information they received and possibly realize they may be
candidates as well to having diabetes. They need to realize the bad
choices and possibilities that may be evident in their life. But they can
see that sometimes it is not too late to take action to prevent getting
diabetes (type 2) especially when they are at a younger age. The actions
and activities we do now will affect us in the future. The worst outcome
would be the audience takes nothing away from this presentation. They
will be disinterested and believe that they learned nothing from the
presentation. They will not believe how truly terrible it is to have to
deal with diabetes and the changes they will have to accommodate too.
Audience: The intended
audience for this presentation would be people who are already health conscientious
and they have diabetes in their family. It
is also very prevalent in our country that diabetes is an epidemic so it is
more than likely the audience is conscientious about their health because
diabetes can be genetic and they will more than likely know someone who has
diabetes. These people will have the idea that there is a possibility that they
may have diabetes themselves but they need an extra push to take action. They will be the most interested in this
presentation because the information is relevant to them and their
lifestyle. They will see all the trouble
and hassle they must face if they do get diagnose with diabetes. The audience will then step back and evaluate
everything they saw/ learn from this presentation and think to themselves maybe
they should be healthier or exercise more so they don’t have to have a shot of
insulin every night before bed or take tons of medication to keep their sugar
levels under control. It is imperative that since it is not too late for these
people who are prone to diabetes to take precautions. They change their lifestyle not only for the
sake of possibly being diabetic but so they can benefit from being healthy for
the rest of their lives. They will not
only be healthy but happy as well.
Context: I think that the best
or sufficient place to give this presentation would be at a health fair at a
college. I say this because the people
who go there are already self-conscientious and especially people in their
college years can take action before it’s too late especially when they are
given information on a topic that relates to them. I see people in that fair
stopping by a booth about diabetes and have a person tell them about the
systems and them to validate all the other information they give they will show
my PowerPoint. They can show how
diabetes can change your everyday life and people must learn to adapt. I think these will take everything they learn
really seriously because as I said this topic is relevant to them and they see
how detrimental diabetes is to your health.
Design Plan
Medium & Production: I am going to be using power point
to convey the idea of the importance of being aware about diabetes. I
will include pictures that deal with the daily life of someone who has diabetes
and the tasks they do. Some of these pictures may be activities or simple
pictures of ‘equipment’ they must have/use. I need to show these pictures
those through the perspective of being up close and personal with this disease.
There will be pictures of different perspectives in order to capture the
audience attention. I will have to take pictures of objects from
different angles in order to find an angle I believe will be the most effective
in keeping my audience interested/focused. I will be using pictures of
stationary objects but action shots will be included as well. I may show
two photos side by side that may be a picture but they will be different while
on other pages I may have only one photo or three.
Strategies:
Ethos: I want to be seen as not over threatening or demanding.
I want to be seen as someone who is well informed about this topic.
I will be seen as experienced on diabetes because through the pictures
the audience will be well informed in a non-threatening way. I will be
able to validate all the photos and information that is given in the photo
essay because I live with having diabetes every day. The audience will
get to essentially see all the differences from my life to theirs.
Pathos: I would like to keep the pictures in color in order to
show the the authenticity of the photos. This will allow to see how these
photos are true to what they show. I will be using color as well because I
think of how vivid colors are it does draws the audience’s attention and keeps
them captivated. I want my essay to come off as important and serious. I
will be using a more formal and serious type of style when writing this essay
as well. I want the writing and theme to have a more serious tone.
Logos: The format of the content on each page of the essay
will be simple. Most of the pictures will be centered or put side by side
and they will be the biggest thing on most of the pages. This will then
draw the audience’s attention directly to the pictures because they are the
most significant. There will be a max of three or four pictures on each
page and the pictures and layout will be direct and to the point. The
audience will not have to guess what the picture is of but the writing will
work with the photo to demonstrate why certain photos are significant.
Though there will be some contrast in pictures that are side by side if
need be to prove a point.
But the pictures will all be going from a left and right,
traditional fashion so they all will mesh together well in a continuous style.
Arrangement: I will be arranging the photos in a way they
will be the center of the pages. They will be significantly large as i
had said before. But there will be a varying amount of photos on each
page of the essay. There will be at least one photo on each page.
The size of the photos may vary as well and most of the photos are
consisted of stationary objects. But some action shots will be incorporated
into the essay.
