MelinaValencia

MultimediaWriting&Rhetoric
AlanTuring:
Mathematician,WarHero,andVictimofHomophobia
Before2009,thenameAlanTuringwasvirtuallyunheardofandifmentioned,no
onewouldhaverecognizedthebrilliantmantowhomthenamebelongedto.Thename
slowlystartedgainingtraction,andpeoplewerebecomingmoreawareofthemanwho
hadbeenwrongedsogreatly.Thisvisualessayconcentratesmainlyontheinjusticedone
toAlanTuring,whofellvictimtothesocietalvaluesofhistime.Iwantedtoinformthe
viewersofthemanwhowasletdownbythenationheworkedsohardtosave.It
demonstratesthecruelpunishmentgiventohimforhishomosexualpredilectionsand
theeffectsithadonhim.Tofirmlypaintanaccuratepictureinthemindsoftheviewers,
IusedfootagefromTheImitationGamewhichisaboutAlanTuringslife.Ichose
clipsthatwouldeffectivelycommunicatetheimpactthehormonaltherapyhadonTuring.
IalsousedquotesfromTuring,readbytheactorwhoplayshiminTheImitationGame
andquotesfrompeopleofauthorityandreputablepositionsaboutTuringandthegross
injusticehesuffered.ThemusicIchoseaccuratelyreflectsthetoneofthevideo,which
isgloomy,butmeanttoinspiretheviewerandeducate.Ieditedthemusicsothatitpeaks
duringmomentsofgreatestdistresstobringaboutmoresympathyforAlanTuring.The
pictureswerecarefullychosensothattheintendedimpactofwordsmatchedthefeelof
thepictures.WhenIaddressedhishomosexuality,Ichosetopairitwithaphotoofhim
appearingveryinnocentandkindheartedtoinvokemoreemotionfromtheviewer.Ican

onlyhopethatviewerwilllearnofAlanTuringfromthevideoandwanttoresearchinto
hislifeandhisaccomplishments.
Works Cited
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The Imitation Game. Dir. Morten Tyldum. Perf. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kiera
Knightley. Black Bear Pictures, 2014. DVD.
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Pardoned." Advocate.com. N.p., 22 Aug. 2014. Web. 01 Apr. 2015.
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