Speech 2:Speech Genres

Speech Genre: Barstool Sports Daily Run Down

Intro:

• Describe site 
• Show pic of an example of a post 
• Explain who the bloggers are.
• Thesis: Barstool Sports Daily Run Down is a speech genre that consists of different bloggers commenting on daily sports and news, trending topics, and funny internet stories and videos. 
• Transition: To understand the topics of Barstool you first must understand the~

1st: Buzzwords and Key teams

• Explain different lingo such as Hardo meaning try-hard, Stoolies being readers of site and smoke-show or hot girl 
• Slogan: By the common man, for the common man. 
• Tend to talk about some sort of news, particularly Donald Trump 
• Explain the cities~ Boston, Philadelphia, Iowa, Chicago, New York, D.M.V, soon to be canada, failed in LA.
• pic of stoolies with flag
• Focuses on betting and fantasy sports, such as Draftings.
• The New England Patriots are most discussed team cause of El Presidente 
• Transition: Who is El Presidente?

2nd: Dave Portnoy

• Who is El Presidente? `college, Boston, Jewish, Wannabe Mogul
• Site also contains store, music, podcasts, and hosted a Black Out Party at colleges.
• Site started with gambling advertisements and fantasy sports projections 
• Now gets 5 million page views per month
• Just sold sold a majority stake to an investor for $10 million
• What is he like, arrogant, cocky, lack of a better word douch 
• Transition: Portnoy's politically incorrect humor, which is reflected in site, has led to controversies.

3rd: Controversies: 

1. Baby Gate: Pics of Tom Brady's two year old child, made comments on the size on genitals. A former prosecutor postulated that this was sexualization of minor.

2. Rape Criticism: Northeastern protested one of their parties, believe condones taking advantage of females

3. Blackout Parties: Excessive drinking and underage drinking, Boston police cracked down at party

Transition: These instances help provide the context for the different conventions of the Barstool Rundown 

4th:  Conventions

• The topics are clearly on side, much like PTI, and there is around 5-7 topics
• The time is usually around 30 minutes
• Intro clip then Dave says day and introduces other bloggers 
• Normal bloggers are El Presidente, Big Cat, and KFC
• Others include: Feitlelberg, Stool President
• El presidente is biggest screen, he's standing, and introduces topic 
• Use videos to show what they are discussing to viewers
• Talk about sports, news, and trending internet topics 
• Casual attire 
• Portnoy tends to be loudest most assertive of opinion 
• Segments such as GIF's of Weekend
• Transition: The bloggers also use a variety of moves

5th: Moves 

• Portnoy is always made fun of~ especially BigCat. 
• Advertise their products whenever they can incorporate it~ Kristaps Porzingis T-shirts 
• Use of crude humor 
• Portnoy is the orchestrator.
• Transition: This clip of a Run down shows some of these conventions and moves 

6th: Conclusion

• Show clip of the Run down 
• Talk about the conventions and moves seen
• Reiterate what makes this a speech genre: Humor, daily topics, casual, crude. 

Stop, Start, Continue: Speech One

Start: - Being better prepared for my speech.  This will allow me to dictate the flow and pace of my future speeches.  I had the dialogue memorized, or so I thought.  Once I went up to present my speech I froze up, and started to doubt myself.  This forced me to depend on my notecard during certain points in my speech, which was detrimental to the fluidity of my overall presentation.  Due to lacking 100% control of my script some of my main points didn't come out as persuasive as intended. In my original dialogue I had planned on saying, "Just think of all the current events happening that you can make fun of like Donald Trump's candidacy, the debacle that is police cruelty, Hilary Clinton." I had planned on this being a funny part of my speech by simply saying Clintons name and nothing else at the end.  During the practice speech this was a part of my speech that had drawn laughter, but I screwed it up.  I noticed while watching the video that it was a slippery slope for me when I slipped up on my script. If I messed up a line I had trouble recovering and just pushing through.  I need to start just taking a deep breath and calm down. Not having my speech fully memorized made me lose command of my tone.  I almost sounded timid, which made my speech lose some of its luster.  My speech didn't come across as passionate because I didn't have a full grasp of what I was saying. This starts by finding a better technique for memorizing my speech, as well as more practice.
-I need to go over the rubric before making my speech so I fully comprehend what is expected.  A part of my speech that I would have done differently is adding more contextual backdrop to my speech, which was clearly stated in the rubric.  This would have provided more of a plot line, and would have made my speech come across as more realistic.  By not doing this I didn't capture my audiences attention.  Also, my speech lacked opposing perspectives and didn't have a specific follow-up plan of action.  This was a simple element to the speech that I missed.
-Practicing in front of the mirror.  By doing this I'll be able to practice proper execution of using hand gestures.  Adding hand motions will bring emphasis to points.  It also is engaging to the audience so they pay attention more.
Continue: - Practicing in front of my roommates.  This allowed me see what it was like to present in front of a real-life audience, which is hard to replicate.  It revealed what was funny about my speech, showed if my sentences lacked structure, and if I articulated my points well.  Their feedback was also a positive.   I was able to change some sentences in my speech because I noticed they sounded weird when I said it to a real audience.
- Using quotes in my speech.  I tried to sway my audience by using the quote, "You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous." This showed I valued what Dave Chapelle said as a person, while allowing me to have a smoother transition to the ending of my speech.  In future speeches, I will continue to use quotes that enriches my rhetoric as I persuade my audience. Providing quotes from a first hand source gives you credibility with your audience and helps maintain your ethos.
-I felt like I made really good eye contact with my audience.  After watching the video of my speech I didn't maintain eye contact as much as I originally had thought, but it wasn't terrible.  In future speeches I will continue to build on this.  Eye contact is paramount in making your audience feel like they are a participant in your presentation.
Stop:  - Not having as good of body posture as I could have.  This effected my professionalism, which was part of the speech by adding context.  It was harder to use hand gestures when I lacked proper posture too.  This stems from me feeling awkward standing up in front of the class.  Before I presented I wanted to grab the podium because it offered a barrier between me and the audience. I need more practice to become comfortable while presenting.  This will make it easier to remember my speech, add hand gestures, and makes my audience feel more involved.
- Not fluctuating the tone of my voice to help with transitions, making points, and to capture my audiences attention better.  While watching my peers perform their speeches I noticed how some would raise or lower the pitch of their voice. This is something that I will use in our next assignment because it gains the audience's attention well
- I need to eradicate the monotone out of my voice in future speeches.  This just makes my speech sound boring to my audience. It also made it appear like I liked the passion for convincing Chapelle of returning into the public spotlight. When in reality I would do anything for him to say "fuck that couch", and to start making hilarious Youtube videos that would be unedited.
-Pausing will help transitioning from different segments of my speech. The ability to pause is something that is a uniform quality in all effective public speakers.  I need to stop not using them in future speeches.  Doing this will add emphasis to key points that I am trying to make.
    Ultimately, to persuade my audience I need to be in complete control of the language for my speech. This involves far far more practice time in preparation for my speech.  I need to understand everything the rubric is asking of me as I write the dialogue for the speech.  Overall my performance wasn't bad, but wasn't as good as it could have been. I made mistakes that affected the clarity of what I was trying to convince my audience of. In preparation for future speeches I will use new techniques to help memorize my speech giving me control of my speaking.