Dramatism is used when discovering a speaker's motive. This motive is used to persuade an audience, as well as initiate a response or relation from them. There are five aspects of the dramatism pendad; act, scene, agent (person performing act), agency (what is used to perform the act), and purpose.
A good example of dramatism is the music video for REM's "Everybody Hurts". The act in this video is people being trapped both physically and emotionally. The scene is a highway filled with bumper-to-bumper traffic. The agents are the people being trapped in their cars, including the members of REM. The agency is the captions that presents the thoughts or actions of the people. The purpose of this video is to inform the audience of the feeling of being trapped physically and emotionally and how to escape from it.
Nice analysis of the music video. One of my faves! Let's have more of that...in fact, three of those per entry. 15 points.
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