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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Expressive and Kinetic Speech Visualization: Speech Research
The speech I have chosen for project 1 is John F. Kennedy's speech about the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is speaking?
John F. Kennedy
Why was/is the speech important to society?
While the nation was in panic mode, this speech was JFK's address to the nation to gain America's confidence, support, and trust.
Why do you feel it is important or interesting?
The speech gave an explanation to the country about the crisis and expressed the importance of the nation coming together and standing strong.
What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech?
The feeling of the speech gives a very patriotic and "nobody is going to mess with my America" kind of vibe. It is full of strength and dignity.
What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed?
Whenever JFK talks about destruction or how swift ballistic missiles are, those are the statements that should be emphasized loudly. Whenever he talks about peace, that is when his words should be strong but still have a soft effect. Whenever he makes a valid point about our country or states what could be a threat to our country, that is when long pauses should be used.
Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words?
I don't know that there is a "call to action", but there is definitely a suggested need for support in JFK's voice. The emphasized words is in the speech are the words of destruction, and the long pauses come after a paragraph in a way that allows each and every word to sink in with the audience.
How does it make you feel?
This speech makes me wish I was present in the audience at the time of delivery. To experience the words of that speech and the delivery that JFK gives would be amazing.
How do imagine that the audience felt?
I'm sure the audience felt a sense of patriotism. They probably felt like they owed their support to our nation and I imagine they felt a sense of defensiveness, like they would want to do anything to protect their family, future, and country.
Could there be another interpretation of the speech?
I think the speech has a straight forward interpretation, but how the speech is represented in a visual aspect could be done in numerous ways.
Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech.
Born of Irish descent in May of 1917, Brookline Massachusetts native John F. Kennedy would eventually become the youngest man ever to be elected to the office of President of the Untied States of America. John Kennedy graduated from Harvard and in 1940 began a career of defending his country in the United States Naval Forces. Three years into his tour Kennedy's boat was attacked by a Japanese destroyer and destroyed. Although suffering serious wounds in the attack the brave young man was able to lead the other surviving members of his outfit to safety.
Who is speaking?
John F. Kennedy
Why was/is the speech important to society?
While the nation was in panic mode, this speech was JFK's address to the nation to gain America's confidence, support, and trust.
Why do you feel it is important or interesting?
The speech gave an explanation to the country about the crisis and expressed the importance of the nation coming together and standing strong.
What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech?
The feeling of the speech gives a very patriotic and "nobody is going to mess with my America" kind of vibe. It is full of strength and dignity.
What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed?
Whenever JFK talks about destruction or how swift ballistic missiles are, those are the statements that should be emphasized loudly. Whenever he talks about peace, that is when his words should be strong but still have a soft effect. Whenever he makes a valid point about our country or states what could be a threat to our country, that is when long pauses should be used.
Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words?
I don't know that there is a "call to action", but there is definitely a suggested need for support in JFK's voice. The emphasized words is in the speech are the words of destruction, and the long pauses come after a paragraph in a way that allows each and every word to sink in with the audience.
How does it make you feel?
This speech makes me wish I was present in the audience at the time of delivery. To experience the words of that speech and the delivery that JFK gives would be amazing.
How do imagine that the audience felt?
I'm sure the audience felt a sense of patriotism. They probably felt like they owed their support to our nation and I imagine they felt a sense of defensiveness, like they would want to do anything to protect their family, future, and country.
Could there be another interpretation of the speech?
I think the speech has a straight forward interpretation, but how the speech is represented in a visual aspect could be done in numerous ways.
Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech.
Born of Irish descent in May of 1917, Brookline Massachusetts native John F. Kennedy would eventually become the youngest man ever to be elected to the office of President of the Untied States of America. John Kennedy graduated from Harvard and in 1940 began a career of defending his country in the United States Naval Forces. Three years into his tour Kennedy's boat was attacked by a Japanese destroyer and destroyed. Although suffering serious wounds in the attack the brave young man was able to lead the other surviving members of his outfit to safety.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy returned from war a hero and was elected the Democratic congressman in the Boston area. In 1953 he quickly advanced his political career to the Senate and that same year he married Jacqueline Bouvier. Two years later while he was in recovery from a back injury Kennedy wrote the novel Profiles in Courage which would win it's author Pulitzer Prize in the history category.
1956 is the year in which John F. Kennedy narrowly missed the Democratic nomination for Vice President however four years later he successfully attained a position on the ballot as a presidential candidate. Millions of American citizens watched Kennedy's debates against Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon that election year. John F. Kennedy would prove victorious and become the nation's first Roman Catholic president with just a small margin in the popular vote.
His motivational inaugural speech with the historic comment "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country." was the beginnings of Kennedy's promises of making the United States once again a productive nation. Innovative plans to jump start the country's economy and ground breaking civil rights legislation where soon being produced from the young president.
Permitting an exhiled group of Cuban's invade their former homeland to dethrone dictator Fidel Castro, President Kennedy's attempt to help the country establish more basic human right's ended in failure. Shortly after the Soviet Union once again renewed it's plans to go to war with West Berlin and situated itself as a nuclear superpower in Cuba. Standing strong in the face of nuclear war John F. Kennedy proved the United States of America was a force to be reckoned with and made the Soviet's back down from their nefarious plans.
Tragedy of epic proportions struck America on November 22, 1963 as not even one thousand days into his time in office John Kennedy was struck down by an assassin as his motorcade made it's way through Dallas Texas. This unfortunate event made John F. Kennedy not only the youngest man to become president but the youngest to die while in office.
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