In this speech critique, I will be analyzing a speech that fashion model Cameron Russell gave during a TED talk. The title of Russell's speech is "Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model." In this speech, Russell gives the audience an inside look into her opinion on working for the modeling industry and how it has affected her. Moreover, I will be analyzing this speech based on three principles: preparation, presentation, and emulation.
First, I will be evaluating Russell's speech based on preparation. Overall, I believe Russell was prepared. However, I believe she perhaps could have practiced more. She had an ideal opening to her speech which encaptured the audience. I found it interesting that Russell started out her speech by a change of wardrobe. While this is an odd gesture to do during a speech, I believe it caught the audience's attention. Russell was clear in her general idea statement which summarized the context of what her speech was about. Her general idea statement stated she was a model, a pretty white-woman, as well as a sexy woman. After this statement, she used questions and facts to inform the audience of how these characteristics have affected her as well
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I think in Russell's speech there were a few downfalls. I noticed with her initial credibility, she was somewhat fidgety. She seemed nervous. During one point she is seen with her arms wrapped cross around herself as if she is shielding herself or protecting herself out of perhaps fear. While there were downfalls in Russell's speech, it is essential to take into consideration that there were also positivities. Russell did a fantastic job with visual aids. Her derived credibility and her terminal credibility were on point. She was also able to relate to the audience and engage them. She did a good job of including demographics. Furthermore, these positivities are things I wish to emulate in future speeches of my
Her transition into her conclusion was not obvious, and it did not reiterate any of the main ideas from the body. Her closing sentence “We should be getting adults to start thinking more like children”, is an ironic and powerful statement. It would have closed the speech very well, if she had slowed down when she was speaking it. It sounded like she was going to tell us more, because of the way she said the last sentence. Because of this, there was a slight awkward pause between her ending and the audiences clapping. Despite the weird ending, I could tell the audience really enjoyed her speech. It was memorable because of the way she delivered her information, her use of visual aids, and it’s relativity to the audience. I feel the primary message was not only to inform about how children think, but also to encourage adults to be more open minded, imaginative, and creative. In other words, be more like a
Queen Elizabeth I’s speech was called “Speech to the Troops at Tilbury”, written in 1588. She gave her speech in order to make her people fight against Spain, and to prevent them from invading the border of Britain. In her speech, she used pathos, words with strong connotation, and plain folk. She wanted to stop their enemies from invading her own country and if they would win, she would’ve offered rewards for the soldiers. She used pathos in the speech very well.
The three key components of a great speech are ethos, logos, and pathos. Clinton makes it clear that she understands and is an important and relevant person to be covering the topic. She shows ability with her knowledge of the issue by portraying it to the audience. Besides the words she is saying, she shows charisma, and she has a high
In her speech, Shirley Chisholm skillfully uses various rhetorical devices to convey her message and persuade her audience. She employs a combination of emotional appeals, logical reasoning, and appeals to shared values and principles to connect with her audience on a deeper
Shirley Chisholm's speech is effective because of her use of logical flow of ideas, persuasive techniques, credible sources, and counter-arguments.
She used a stern yet eye opening tone throughout the whole speech. The was Quindlen worded siren line made it very apparent that she is trying to spark change. She was stern to get the point across and make people believe she knows what she is talking about and not some random person who doesn't know what they are talking about. The way she described the reason for change was very unique because everyone is always talking about change yet never had an solid ideas on how to do it. Quindlen did, she defined the issue then came up with a solution, I believe that this a big first step in her
The text my partner and I were originally going to analyze was Robb Willer’s Ted Talk called How to have better political conversations. We decided not do analyze his speech however we did take inspiration from it. The text we analyzed in the end were article titles posted on The Washington Post written by a variety of people.
A strategy that she uses is asking questions. She states “What would the legal effects of the equal rights amendment really be? The equal rights amendment would govern only the relationship between the state and its citizens” this gives you a reason to see that she knows what she’s talking about. By asking questions she gets the people thinking and answering them provides the audience with of what will happen if they did this. Meanwhile it gives a reason for the people to understand why she
Dr. Hart was a very timely speaker. She engaged in the audience and really got the crowd involved. Everyone had a chance to participate and actually talk to the speaker and answer questions out loud. Dr. Hart was also funny; this made the audience feel comfortable and included in the conversation. By presenting these different forms of speaking, Dr. Hart eased the audience and the timing felt just right.
This Tedx talk was by Ron Espiritu, an educator of ethnic, Chicano and African American studies for high school students in south Los Angeles. He has found that ethnic studies is empowering, liberating and transformative for young people. Ron talks about researchers finding that ethnic studies has positive academic and social results for students of all races and ethnic backgrounds. He talks about his grandmother being forced to wear a sign on her chest saying she won't speak Spanish. I never knew that schools were against different languages to this extent. I thought it was acceptable to speak different languages, I was very wrong. Ron goes on to talk about his mother who used her mother as an inspiration. He talks about his mother becoming
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the center of attention? Cameron Russell, the speaker of, “Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model,” related to this in every shape and form. According to Russell, she is pretty because in her industry pretty is defined by being a tall beautiful white woman. She is what every little girl dreams of being. In Cameron Russel’s ted talk she states that she gets things she doesn’t deserve because she is a beautiful, stunning white woman.
Moving forward, Dyer begins to unpack the active/passive concept of images of models. Often male models are caught in the act doing hegemonically masculine things such as: baseball, mowing the lawn, grilling, painting, etc. When not caught in the act, the male model contorts his body in a way that shows off his muscles and emphasizes the potential for action. In contrast, women never do an action. They’re always sitting on a stool waiting for people to look at her. To look is to be active and to be looked at is to be passive. Men must remove any sense of passivity in their pose and look to continue to uphold their masculine identities.
She spoke very clearly and her tone was very easy for me to understand and listen. She put many of the facts she spoke about into situations that her audience could better understand, which made it easier to follow along and comprehend. This also made it seem like more of a conversation instead of just a speech. Because she was familiar with her speech, she hardly relied on her notes during delivery and made good eye contact throughout.
Once again his overall posture and confident level was excellent. The speaker shows passion for the subject he is speaking on from the hand movements when he speaks on poverty and domestic abuse as being trivial (a means to an end). The speakers volume was just right he spoke high enough for the back of the room could here, and the speech was easy to understand. When given a speech a speaker should consider his audience in the wording of his speech, is he giving a speech to children for educational purposes or a group of college students, this is call no one left behind so the entire audience is on track.
The fashion industry plays a huge role in portraying bad images of ideal beauty, which in turn affects today’s society perception of their own body image. Not only are women affected by what is seen and heard about how the perfect body should appear, children of young ages are now feeling insecure and obsessed with their bodies before they reach teenage years. This ‘ideal image’ the fashion industry continues to enforce only focuses on very thin models who seem to be in shape and are very healthy. Furthermore, many people think of the influence from the fashion industry as being human representations (models). Because of the rising problem with the image of beauty within the fashion industry, it is shown that even mannequins and non-human representations (mannequins, dolls, photoshopping) of bodies play a significant role in women’s body image; which causes problems to the individual. (Anshutz & Engels, 2010). Body image and self-satisfaction, eating disorders and non-human representations all can cause harm to the individual, if prolonged.