God's Among Us Commentary

The genre for my writing piece is a magazine article. I think that there could be multiple audiences for my piece of writing including, the main audience, the fans of the star himself. The audience could also be readers of the magazine that the article is printed in, and possibly movie critics that are interested in him and the films he’s been in. I think that there are two purposes for the writing piece. The primary purpose is to entertain as it would be in a magazine. However, the secondary purpose is to inform. The evidence of this is that there are a lot of facts in there that tell you a lot about him.

 

The first technique I adapted into my work is the use of comparisons. Throughout the style model’s writing, there was a large amount of comparisons. The first comparison seen on the style model is asking where Brad Pitt would be in 39 years. What I did was adapt that into where my choice of God, Robert Pattinson, would be in the amount of years that my comparison, Johnny Depp, had been acting. In my opinion this would first of all make the audience quite shocked that I compared the two as Depp is a huge star. It could be considered emotive language as the comparison would make the audience think emotionally other than rationally.

The style model also used comparisons to put people down which I also adapted. In fact most of the writer’s comparisons put the other actors down. I did this when comparing my final set of celebrities to him when talking about how he beat them for a magazine title, “Best Dressed Man.” This causes the audience to ponder whether they should be choosing my ‘God’ over who they may prefer, especially if it’s one of the comparisons.

 

A second technique I adapted is the use of statistics, facts and quotes. All three of these are used greatly as well in the style model. Statistics are used quite a lot which I think the writer does as a tool to convince. “19 feature films” and “Three Oscar Nominations” both make Newman sound impressive which I think is why the writer used it. In my article I used it for the same purpose. “7 films at the age of 28” “Pattinson had been in 20” My statistics also compare him to others and do the primary purpose of making him sound/look good. The style model didn’t use many facts in their article however I did. Most of my article was quite factual which I purposely did for the intention of impressing the audience. Right at the start of my article, under the strapline, I used 3 facts which go straight to the point to impress the audience. Within my facts I have also used quotes. “Survived trial by fire-tabloid hysteria” This belong also a metaphor, helped towards creating a positive image of him.

 

My final technique is: many techniques into one-language techniques. Repetition, anecdotes, adverbs, adjectives and metaphors are all used in both the style model and my own work. Repetition, adverbs and adjectives all are used to get the point across. Anaphora is used when I said “He’s the...” This was repeated twice, to give the affect that you pay attention and it prints into your brain. The audience then thinks maybe they should think about him as a ‘God’ as well.

Using an anecdote is a really great way to form the purpose of entertainment, inform and convince. The styles model talks about how someone didn’t know Newman was an actor. How I adapted this was by use the fact that a lot of original fans of the Twilight books didn’t want him to play the part. This makes the audience think that they were wrong which is the purpose of it.

There are also small uses of language techniques like: tautology, pop culture reference and rhetorical questions. The pop culture reference in my work is mentioning the names of the magazines. It causes the reader to be impressed as they’ve heard of the magazine. The final technique is rhetorical questions. I used two and in both uses, I’ve caused the reader to really contemplate the question as was the purpose.

God's Among Us: Pattinson

Gods Among Us #1: Pattinson

Robert Pattinson, need I say anymore?

 

Actor, musician, model, philanthropist and producer.

Named one of TIME magazines 100 Most Influential People In The World.

The most handsome man in the world - Vanity Fair

 

Mostly known for his role as mysterious and dazzling vampire Edward Cullen, in fantasy romance film series, The Twilight Saga, Pattinson has quickly become one of the leading and highest achieved actors worldwide.

Robert Pattinson has always had star quality even as a child. At 12 years old he began modelling - now that, is a hardworking celeb!

A man who can pull off any look, from pale white, century-old vampire, to mischievous wizard, to troubled student.

He has a range of skills that not even Apollo himself can compete with. Think about this, at the age 12 Johnny Depp learnt how to play the guitar and played in a mix of bands. He didn’t start acting though until he was 21 in 1984. Robert Pattinson started acting before then at the young age of 18. Pattinson is now 28 and has been in more films than Depp had at that age. Depp had only been in 7 films at the age of 28 and Pattinson has been in 20 which is a dramatic and extremely impressive amount more. In over 20 years time, will Pattinson be at the massive award winning state that Depp is now, or even better?

 

Esquire magazine has said that he has “survived trial by fire – the Twilight phenomenon, tabloid hysteria – to become one of our most promising leading men.” And that he has. With a media centered relationship with Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart, Pattinson has really had to deal with the highs and lows of being an international heartthrob.

He was part of the Team Edward VS Team Jacob debate worldwide between Twihards (Twilight fans), which let’s be honest, he won.

 

In fact he is so idolised that if you start to type his name into Google, you get as far as ‘Rob’ and his name is one of the first to appear. In my opinion that shows how much of a God he really is.

In most of the iconic and spectacular films he has been in, his name takes up the cover. He’s the one that everyone wants to see. He’s the starring role.

 

What is ironic is that about 75,000 people signed a petition for him to NOT play the part of Edward in Twilight when it was announced. In fact, it was revealed in an interview for GQ in 2009 that some people didn’t even think that he was good looking enough to play the beloved character. “There was a call from the head of the studio,” Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke said about executives questioning Pattinson's casting as Edward Cullen. “Are you sure you can make this guy handsome?”

Obviously all speculators were wrong and I think Glamour magazine would agree with that. In 2010 Glamour awarded him with the title of ‘Best Dressed Man’. This means he beat the likes of co-star Taylor Lautner, big time actor George Clooney and footballer David Beckham.

 

But he is more than looks, he is an exceptional actor that all should aspire to be like.

 

Who would have thought that such a minor role in Harry Potter would lead on to being a phenomenal star in The Twilight Films?

Want to be driven insane? Go Christmas Shopping!

Have you ever experienced being in the middle of a stampede?

Well I have and it is not a happy experience.

 

On one cold, fateful, December, Saturday morning, I, like few others, was practically forced to go shopping with my mum. I had obviously been shopping with her before; this time was different. It was the Christmas season - also called, ‘the time of the mad rush of late shopping.’ Even from the Tesco car park, I knew it was going to be busy.

After driving around the large grey square for forever, we finally found a space to which the car came to a halt.

Walking in was like walking into a pack of rabid wolves. Busy housewives: rushing around to get Christmas dinner ingredients and last minute presents. Older women: rushing about with their ‘basket on wheels’.

 

Now there’s one thing you should know about older people doing Christmas shopping-they’re serious. Seriously slow! I mean they could at least move to the side so ‘bored to tears’ shoppers could get past, get what they need and go. I don’t want to be traipsing around behind them when I could be at home, especially when it’s extremely busy. It’s like walking into my own episode of Antiques Roadshow. They are like statues. Yes I know it’s not their fault and they can’t walk as fast as they used to; the ones in the electric wheelchairs could at least turn the speed up a little.

 

Another thing that makes me slightly mad is the fact that the people in the ‘supposed to be whizzing chairs’, take up the whole aisle. Instead of OAP’s, they should be called OAH - Old Aisle Hoggers. You might think I’m being over the top but this is literally what it’s like. Just move to the side please!

Little children are a problem too. Are they really a necessity to the ‘Art of Christmas Shopping?’ They run around, making the entire cluster of elderly scowl, knocking all the items of the shelves. What’s even worse is that they help themselves to the pick’n’ mix without paying for it and their parents don’t seem to mind as it shuts them up. So if you wanted any sweets, tough luck! They’ve already been scoffed down by a greedy 5 years old.

 

Screaming. That’s what you hear when around an angry, needy, upset or grumpy child. Tears streaming down their faces, excess goo hanging down out of their noses, screeching “I want! I want! I want!”- It’s not a happy sight. Then due to the madness of whatever aisle that specific child is in, you avoid it so you don’t end up with a banging headache so bad that you want to pull your own hair out. You can still hear it though. The aftermath of the screaming, which is the yelling of the parents. Both yelling and screaming echoing through your supposedly enjoyable experience of shopping.

 

That’s not the end of it though. The children! When they’re slightly older, they make a simple shop turn into Planet of the Apes. Climbing in and out of trolleys, pushing other people’s or their parent’s trolleys into you or the, in this case, unfortunate elderly. By the end of the shop, you know you’ll end up with bruises due to the misbehaved ‘darlings.’

 

By the time you actually get round to doing some actual shopping without distractions, you find the products misplaced and unorganised. The shampoos scattered on the shelf between body wash and bubble bath. Then you find the odd item mixed in with the wrong thing: a carton of orange juice in with the pork chops, a child’s glove in with the crisp packets.

 

So, would you want to risk shopping in the 'Season of Goodwill?'