Discourse and Interpretation

In the article Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction the author James Paul Gee discusses the way people speak to each other and how it varies. The way we speak to each other is a very intriguing thing, because it varies from person to person. The way you talk to your friends is usually extremely different from the way you talk to your family. But the way you talk to your family isn’t even the same all across the board, for if you are talking to your grandpa it will be very different then if you are talking to a cousin who is about the same age as yourself. It’s not just because of age it’s because of respect that you have in your elders and you know what would be inappropriate. Respect just like many other things play a role in the discourse of you r points you will make for there are so many variables that change how you convey your message.  Just as in the article the way you talk during a job interview is different from how you would usually speak to someone. The vocabulary you use and the way you speak changes with the audience you are talking too and it is important to understand that the words you use with one person may not work with someone else for they may not know the word in the first place or they may not get the same reaction from the said word.

The way you tell stories in film is just as big of a difference as how important the discourse is in speech and writing. Recognizing your audience in film is as easy as designing a trailer that will speak to certain people. If the movie in question is a romantic comedy you could take two approaches with your trailer. One showing the comedy aspects with funny parts of the film in the trailer this would attract more males to the movie then if you went with the other route. The other route to be taken is highlighting the romanticism behind the movie. This way you capture both sides of the audience getting them to go to the theater and seeing the film. The way you use scenes can be interpreted differently just like the words in a paper the video below shows this perfectly.