Manufacturer: “…it will detect that in
less than a thousandth of a second.” This is said to show how long the saw actually
needs to stop itself from slicing your finger off. The person looking to buy
this machine would be interested in a fact this important, for it could be the deciding
factor for if they buy it or not. This claim would be considered quantitative because
it includes facts.
Injured Plaintiffs: “…hope you aren’t
one of the unlucky 10.” This statement implies that people have gotten hurt while
using this machine. This also can have consumers question how reliable the safe
saw actually is. This claim would be considered to be a numerical claim because
it shows a real-life number for the amount of people that have been or could be
injured.
Person Injury Lawyers: “…a little
nervous.” Steve Gass says how he’s nervous to try his own machine. It should however
be something that he is proud of and has confidence in. He shouldn’t let people
know that he is nervous to use his own creation. This claim would be considered
evaluative because it implies that the machine may not work like they say it
will.
News Reporter: “This is a man who has faith
in his creation.” This proves that the creator is proud and trusts his product.
This claim is evaluative because it literally evaluates the quality of the
product after the creator himself stuck his finger in the saw for the sole
purpose to show that his product is reliable.
News Reporter: “We bet you’ve never
seen this before.” This suggests that the customer is not familiar with any saw
quite like this one. This one saves your finger, as other saws have the tendency
to not quite stop when your finger gets caught. This would be considered a
proposal claim because of the use of words “we bet.” They aren’t quite sure if you’ve
seen anything like it, but it is believed people have not.
Consumer Safety Advocates: “…saves a
finger, mangles the machine.” This shows that the machine is reliable in terms
of ruining itself when in the presence of a finger. The fingers conductivity
will cause the saw, which is moving at 5000 rpm, to completely stop and ruin
the mechanics. This is in fact a causal because it is clearly described what
caused the machine to break.
Industry Spokesperson: “Energy has to
go somewhere when it stops.” This suggests that when the saw abruptly stops,
that energy cannot just go away, it must go somewhere. The energy is what
causes the mechanics to break because all of the energy from the rotation is
forced onto the mechanics so that it can save your finger. This is a proposal claim
because it proposes the ides that the
energy must go somewhere.
Industry Spokesperson: “Salty, wet
finger.” This suggests that the finger you use to be sawing with is usually
sweaty. Which will make the machine know that that is what they should pick up
on in order to stop the entire machine from cutting your entire finger off. This
claim would be considered evaluative because it tells the condition of the
finger for the machine to know to stop.
Manufacturers: “Steve Gass claims that he has been driving a force between himself and other businesses willing to buy products from inventors. He tried to establish other table saw makes to license his technology.” This would be a recommendation or proposal claim, because Gass is suggesting that his saw his guaranteed safe and he specifies the differences between his saw and the technique used to prevent injury versus other market sold saws. Gass’ saw better known as the Sawstop, jams a break directly into the teeth of the blade stopping the action immediately. Whereas the competitor saw, the Reax, uses a small electrical charge to sense human flesh.
Customers: “Customers have yet to report injury from the safer saw. Over 2,000 saws were sold and customers have received satisfaction in their purchase of the Sawstop.” Even victims of previous saw incidents want all table saws to include a SawStop safety brake. In comparison to the competitors, none have made complaints or medical incident reports that would lead to customer dissatisfaction. The claims that is being made is an evaluative claim, because no complaints have yet to be informed by the public about the us of the saw, no flaws or malfunctions can be associated with the product.
Industry Spokespeople: Spokespeople claim that the National Consumers League called in injured woodworkers and had a heated debate in Washington against lawmakers and regulators to make the StopSaw safety brake mandatory on all table saws. The claim being presented is a proposal claim. Past table saw victims want other to be safe and provide feedback on their experience with the SafeSaw product and advises others to use the product as well.
New Reporters: “This new technology will save students and woodworkers from further or future accidents.” This is an evaluative claim. The claim makes a judgement stating that no one can possibly be hurt using this new technology.
Steve Gass: “And it seemed doable”. Gass made this statment after being asked if a serious injury can be inflicted if you ran your finger through the blade fast enough. This is a evaluative claim. Gass thinks, but is unsure that it would harm someone, but it would be logical to believe that someone would get hurt by putting their finger near a saw.
Safety advocates: “The machine will foresee difficulty in the future after being immediately stopped at the presence of human flesh” This is a casual claim by advocates who understand that the machine has to be put at an immediate stop once human skin is detected by the machine. The action used to stop the saw can damage the product due to how fast the the saw reacts to human contact.
News Reporters: ” It is unclear weather consumer products safety commission will pass a rule requiring all saws to have an active injury prevention system built in them.” This is a casual claim, only under certain or extreme circumstances would the Consumer Products Safety Commission require a big change in its merchandise.
We blog to learn from one another. This course is conducted “in public” as it were to benefit every student with the opportunity to view, analyze, appreciate, learn from, even emulate the work of classmates.
Learn from hazelnutlatte!
I’ve given the Safer Saws assignment before, and I’ve seen dozens of responses to it.
Some try very hard to replicate the model I provided in the assignment. I respect and appreciate those, but I don’t really admire them.
Some ignore the instructions entirely and quote entire paragraphs instead of recognizing that virtually every phrase is comprised of claims, several claims. I truly don’t admire those.
Hazelnutlatte’s approach to the assignment is both responsive and unique. That’s so rare. The claims quotes are very brief, as they should be. The evaluations are perceptive, analytical, critical, a little sarcastic. (You don’t have to be sarcastic, but if it suits your writing persona, go for it!).
I won’t say more here now, but if you’re having any trouble figuring out what I really want from this assignment, follow this link before you post.
1.Manufacturers: “less than a thousand of a second.” The manufacturer is explaining how long the machine will take to stop when it comes in contact with the conductivity of human flesh. This is a quantitative claim because it is based on facts and measurements. By making this claim, the consumer understands just how quickly the machine actually works, and will be more likely to invest in the invention.
2. News Reporters: “We bet you’ve never seen this before.” This claim is made to imply that this technology is new and never before featured anywhere. This is an evaluative claim because it makes a claim of judgement of a situation. This particular claim makes the judgement that nobody has ever seen something like this saw before.
3. Industry Spokespeople: “Salty wet finger.” This implies that the human flesh is sweaty and this helps towards the machine doing its job. This is an evaluative claim because it describes how the finger feels and what the machine looks for when it comes in contact with the conductivity of human flesh. This claim implies that the only people to come in contact with the machine are those who have been working and sweating for most of the day, which we would assume, is a factory worker or anyone in industrial work.
4. Consumer safety advocates: “saves a finger, but mangles the machine.” This phrase describes how the machine will shut down when it comes into close proximity of human flesh, and will completely break when doing so. This is a causal claim because it describes how the cause of the machine breaking, is the fact that it is designed to save a finger. The consumer safety advocates are pleased with the results of less injury, but make the claim that it will completely break the machine when it does.
5. Industry Spokespeople: “Energy has to go somewhere when it stops.” The spokesman makes the suggestion that the energy from the machine cannot just disappear, so it must be transferred somewhere else. This is a Proposal claim because it uses words like “has to” when explaining what the machine must do in order to work properly.
6. Steve Gass : “I don’t like doing it.” When Steve Gass says this he implies that he is a little nervous with how his machine might work. This is an evaluative claim because it implies that the machine’s characteristics may not be fully tested and could not work. This shows that he is nervous to try out the product, but is going to because he wants to show his consumers that the machine does work.
7. Manufacturers: “hope you aren’t one of the unlucky 10.” This claim suggests that the amount of people who get hurt in table saw accidents is around 10 people. This is a numerical claim because it gives a statistic and measurement when it comes to this particular situation.
8. News reporters: “This is a man who has faith in his creation.” This claim makes it known that the creators of the machine believe in their product and its quality. This is an evaluative claim because it evaluates the reliability in the creators and the product itself.
shows a well lit convenient store named Jiffy during nighttime which seems to have no customers outside or in the store. large half lit clown sign outside in the front of the stores parking lot holding a circular sign that says jiffy
0:01- 0:02
young lady causally dressed with short hair in the convent store placing money on the counter to give to clerk presumably to buy something in the back
0:03 – 0:04
African American old lady face which seems to have a look of worry or concern in it. She is the cashier of the convenient store
0:05 – 0:09
Young lady staring at money placed on the corner her face seems to be worried and in shock. she continuously to stare at the counter as if their is a problem with the money she gave. It cuts back to a close up of the African American ladies face who’s seems to be worrisome as well. they continue to stare at each other holding a look of concern
0:10 – 0:15
Young white lady begins to raise hand toward the right side of her face looking very nervous/afraid in the background behind the cashier who’s face also seems to be very frightened and shocked about what is taking place, you can see blurred out packs of cigarettes. Looking from the perspective as if you where behind the young lady with the short hair you can see her slowly peel the skin off her right cheek while the cashier watches. As she is peeling off her skin she’s is slowly peeling off her skin she seems to be in pain.
0:16 – 0:18
The young lady face seems to be disgusted in what she just did. she puts the piece of her own cheek on top of the cash that was already on the counter. Her face remains in constant of what seems to be sadness
0:19 – 0:20
Looking from being the girls head as if you where a customer behind her. The African lady cashier is staring directly at the young lady. face is remarkably calm as if she did not witness this young girl rip a chunk of her skin off. The cashier may be in sock. Also the background behind the cashier is now clear and you can the pack of cigarets lined up behind her
0:21 – 0:23
Cashier grabs money and piece of the young lady skin and gives over a pack of cigarettes. The young lady does not make eye contact with the cashier and sadly takes the pack of cigarettes
0:24
Zooms in on the cashiers face as she says something to lady who she sold the pack of cigarettes to.
0:25 – 0:27
camera angled form behind the cashier and the register. The young lady walks away from the counter with her purchased cigarettes as the cashier watches
0:28 – 0:30
Outside the convent store same angle as the the Beginning of the ad slowly zooming out. Big bold letter on the top left of the screen that reads “the real cost” implying what is the cost of smoking cigarettes
0:00-0:01- The video kicks off with the word “Saturday” in white font and the time 2:51PM in orange font, both on a black background. No music is playing, it’s just a quiet scene.
0:02-0:04- An African-American man, who looks to be in his late 20’s or early 30’s, is laying on the ground in his home with what seems to be his infant daughter, who is 1 or 2 years of age. She’s wearing a blue shirt and a pink hair piece with a flower on it. The man has hazel eyes, a thin mustache with a little goatee, with a ring in his left ring finger and a backpack on. He also is wearing a white sweatshirt and has short hair.
0:05-0:09- The man then begins to crawl on the floor along with the child. The girl continues to crawl with him.
0:10-0:16- He and the child continue to crawl.
0:17-0:24- A white text appears that says, “It only takes a moment to make a moment.” With the text still on the screen, he looks at the infant and she smiles back at him.
0:25-031- The screen goes black but you can still here the man beatboxing. White text appears on the screen that reads, “Take time to be a dad today.” After that disappears, the hashtag, “#makeamovement” appears. The video was about being a father and being there for your children.
0:00-0:03 An African American male, bald with a short trimmed beard , wearing a purple button up is seen turning up the volume on a grey boombox and then pouring ice from a clear ice tray into a silver ice bucket on a white counter maybe for a possible party
0:04-0:07 He’s seen grabbing a bag from his pantry containing pretzels that he proceeds to pour into a bowl. Next he walks to his silver refrigerator opening it to collect a pack of cans with a covered label that could be any kind of beverage. The scene cuts to him opening the front door to an individual shorter than him because he is looking down on them but the individual can not be seen in the frame
0:08-0:11 The frame cuts out to show who is at the door and Titus (name later revealed/person seen in the beginning) smiles to see it is the delivery man in a red cap and polo handing Titus a bag and box presumed carrying food. Titus is then seen setting up a small green table and folding chairs next to it and proceeds to sit with a deck of cards.
0:12-0:15 Titus hit the table with the cards, straightening the deck and shuffles it and then passes out the cards like a dealer to himself and two others(not seen yet)
0:16-0:19 The frame cuts to Titus reading his cards up to his face concealing them and he looks to his left at one of his opponents and then the camera zooms out revealing his name and affiliation as a WWE superstar as Titus looks concerned with something and the two others are revealed to be kids assuming they are his
0:20-0:24 As the camera is still panning out, you can see the kid’s were eating snacks and sandwiches with juice and the kid Titus is looking at says something to him that makes them all laugh and Titus throws his cards down onto the table smiling as they dance.
I chose this video because it shows the major importance of taking time out of your day when you have kids to show you care for them. Just a minute with your kids can make a memory.
0:01The ad starts with an Asian man maybe 20-25 years old. He is on his phone sitting on a couch. The phone is an iPhone 6 which means the ad is recent, maybe made a few years back. This can be his parents’ house considering there is an old-looking picture of a couple on the wall. Right behind him there is a picture on the wall of some type of building. There are little American flags in a vase full of flowers so it may be Independence Day or some sort of holiday. Even though he’s an Asian man, this indicates he lives in America. By the expression on his face, he looks upset at his phone. Maybe he received news that upset him. He is dressed in sweats probably because he’s chilling at home and doesn’t have anywhere to be.
0:02He is still on his phone, but the background has changed. He is what looks like a library because there are books on shelves with labels on the binding of each book. His expression on his face remains the same. His thumbs are both on the screen of his phone so he may be texting someone. He is probably in school because he is dressed in a more casual outfit than the first scene. He has books on the side of him, but fails to pay attention to them.
0:03 Background change. He is once again still on his phone. I am starting to think that something really important is on his phone because the scene has switched to him working out at the gym. He may be at a public gym or his school gym. The equipment behind him are colored red and yellow which leads me to think this can be a school gym that is represented with those colors. He still has the same face as all the other seconds.
0:04 Background change. Now he is in what seems like a food court. He is sitting next to someone that looks around the same age as him even though we can’t see the face. It may be his friend. There are other people in the scene except they seem unimportant in the background. I guess what the director is trying to say that even in social situations this man doesn’t interact besides being on his phone. Again, he still has the same face expression.
0:05 Background change. There is a cupcake with a candle on it signifying that it is his birthday, but he still on his phone (no surprise here). His face is the same as in all the other scenes. Now there are other people in the scene. To the left of him, there are two girls. Maybe his friends or one of them can be his girlfriend. To the right of him, it looks like they can be his parents just because they are right next to him while they sing “Happy Birthday.” He can be taking a picture of the cupcake, but it seems like he is still texting. This just shows that even though he has friends and family looking at him, he remains on his phone.
0:06 Background change. This scene is kind of random and out of place. He is on a carousel, still on his phone and still with the same expression. Now I’m starting to wonder if maybe whatever is on his phone is just the same thing because his face hasn’t changed at all since the beginning.
0:07 Background change. Now he is sitting on a couch, but a different one from the first second. The girl that was in the birthday scene is next to him with her arm on his shoulder. You can see her glancing at his phone. This is probably his girlfriend considering she is wondering what is on his phone. I now think he may be a little younger than 20 since she looks pretty young. It looks like she is saying something, but he is just ignoring her while he still looks at his phone. The director probably chose to make the girl speak to show that he doesn’t even notice or acknowledge that she is there. So whatever is on his phone must be more important than what she is saying.
0:08 Background change. he camera seems to be in a fridge. The man looks like he is either closing or opening it. But you can see him still on his phone.
0:09 Background change. The scene is kind of dark. It looks like he is in bed. I think the director did this on purpose to show that he is still on his phone because you can see the light reflecting off his face. So far, the point of view looking at the man is the same in each second. Although he is laying on his side, his body is still in the same position and alignment as the other scenes.
0:10 Background change. He is on an elevator going up, and is now wearing a jacket. So maybe this indicates the season change. He is still on his phone after all this time has passed. His thumbs are still on the screen so he is still texting someone.
0:11 Background change. He is at a party it looks like because of the lights and people around him. He is in fact still on his phone. This shows that even in the most social place to talk to people, he still has his face in his phone. There is a guy to the right of him and it looks like he is having a good time with a smile on his face.
0:12 Background change. He is back at the same gym he was earlier. He is still on his phone, but now he is not the one doing the workout. It seems that he is supposed to be the spotter for the person lifting weights on the bench in from of him. He isn’t paying attention at all because his attention is somewhere else, his phone.
0:13 Background change. He is back in the same mall he was at earlier. This looks like the same exact scene because he is wearing the same exact outfit and the people in the background are the same. Also, his friend next to him is wearing the same thing. He is still on his phone
0:14-0:15 It is a fast compilation of all the previous seconds of the man on his phone and in different settings.
0:16 He’s in his car now, but it looks like he’s about to do something with his phone. His face isn’t shown just the neck down. He is in front of a house. It can be his house or someone else’s. But he is definitely in a neighborhood because there’s a house right next to the other one, and what appears to be the house number. It may be the holiday season because there is a wreath hanging on the door, but that may just be a decoration.
0:17-0:18 This scene is of a closeup of his phone. The phone is on a seat, which means it’s not in his hands. He may have thrown it there to show that he doesn’t text and drive. It shows a conversation in his text messages. He sends “Hey what’s up?” Then the person responds “About to shoot a video…It’s for a pretty good cause (*with a traffic light emoji*)…Wanna help?” He replies “Yeah sure.” The other person goes “Alright come over.” He end the conversation with “Ok. Driving now so I’ll ttyl.” The video that the other person is probably talking about is this video considering they included a traffic light emoji with their text, which means it has something to do with driving. Instead of the man saying “I’ll ttyl”, he also includes “driving now” to shift the focus of the meaning of this video. The message is most likely not to text and drive.
0:19-0:20 It is kind of blurry meaning that the car is in motion. It it probably his car because the last scene was him in the car. The words “NOT HERE” appears in white.
0:21 The words “Never here” appear in a text message format right underneath the “NOT HERE.”
0:22-0:23 Then the message is finally revealed “Don’t text and drive” with the word text in blue to show the importance of that word.
0:01 we see a girl building a contraption. Will it work? She puts it together very quickly like she’s done this before and this is just another improvement to a previously made invention.
0:03 We see her at the top of a ramp. She looks determined, ready for her journey in this handmade cart. This cart has a lot of separate pieces of multi colored wood. The wheels of a bicycle. How many tests has she done?
0:06 We see her parents. The father looks like he works in an office and is already working on his laptop. The mother is in a very floral dress with a blue sweater. She is writing a check. Does she take care of the financials in the family? Their daughter in the background is mid-air flying in this cart.
0:10 We see her go through a portal to a carnival land. There are talking animals and it seems to be middle ages themed from the look of the castles. She is be-wondered and flabbergasted at this land. The talking animal is a porcupine holding a cup of coffee.
0:14 We see text on the screen that says STEM and from this we can assume that this an ad promoting STEM. It cuts to the daughter pulling a contraption together with rope.
0:20 We see her face has oil marks from her creating contraptions. She flies into balloons and talks to a bear.
0:30 We see the group of animals and her in a cart heading for a jump as if she was trying to get back home to her family. She does and some text pops up that says @shecanstem this proves that this is a promotion for STEM among women.
0:01- Setting is at a outdoor party seems like it could be a work party or some sort. A man is standing with a glass of alcohol next to a woman without alcohol. Both are smiling like they want to talk to each other
0:02-0:04- Conversation is sparked setting is still the same both are laughing she looks uncomfortable. it seems that he is drunk/buzzed.
0:05-0:07- the frame is focused on him he takes a sit of his drink and is still talking to the lady. he has a grin on his face as he takes a drink.
0:08-0:10- he is still talking making conversation last and she is seeming less interested almost confused and looking at him as he speaks and has not said anything
0:11-0:13 there is a cut screen saying “Buzzed Warning Sign… Saying Too Much Too Soon” meaning that because he is buzzed he is saying things normally someone would not having a normal conversation which means he could have said something inappropriate to the woman.
0:14-0:16- The woman walked away from the drunk man that was talking to her and a new man replaces her and looks like a friend that was coming in to give advice on what he said or did the friends has a mustache that is also a clean mustache so he seems like a clean guy.
0:17-0:19- Dialog between the two men over the incident with the woman
0:20-0:22- the buzzed man pulls his phone out while talking to his friend is the same setting looks like he is texting
0:23-0:26- The two men walk out of screen and a text appears saying “Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving”.
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