Exigence: This is an advertisement for the Paralympics. It features the journey of a young athlete who has experienced a great tragedy, but has overcome it by dedication and hard work making him unstoppable. The purpose of this ad is most likely to make people aware that you don't have to be whole to be great. Everyone has their bumps along the road, but it does not have to hinder them from achieving their goals. Just like in the picture, no matter what hardship you go through, you can still leave your heart out on the track and maybe someday come back to it.
Audience: The ad could be dedicated to anyone that is a fan of the Paralympics and they don't have to be handicapped to be inspired by it. It takes a lot of courage for these athletes to overcome so much hardship and pain and to continue doing what they love.
Constraints: One of the biggest constraints I see in this photo is that it pictures the journey of and amputee athlete. Though there are many amputees in the Paralympics it is not the only disability. Others include: muscle dystrophy, vision impairment, hypertonia, and much more.
I agree with you in the constraints that you already mentioned but I also see that there is a barrier broken in this picture. Usually we see pictures of sports we see athletes with no impairments and this picture shows us a different athlete that no one is used to seeing. Which gives the creator of this image a harder time making this picture more appealing to everyone.
ReplyDeleteI think that this picture's exigence also has the idea that if you fall you can always get back up. The ambulance is a symbol of any sort of hardship that one endures and all the steps in between are literal representations of recovery. The only question that I have for the picture is what are the open bleachers supposed to be a representation of? My attempt to answer that would be that they symbolize that for many problems only you can really fix them.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this advertisement because it makes people realize that they should go out and achieve their dreams no matter what. Even if something has knocked you down that you can get back up and do it again. Did a really good job analyzing this!
ReplyDeleteI really liked this advertisement because it makes people realize that they should go out and achieve their dreams no matter what. Even if something has knocked you down that you can get back up and do it again. Did a really good job analyzing this!
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