Make good art.

The purpose of this commencement speech was to give the graduating class advice about making art in the real world. The main point of the speech was make good art. He stressed that a lot during his speech and it was the last words he said at the end. The agency of the speech was only through speaking, there was no other visuals. The agent of the speech was Neil Gaiman, a fiction writer and comic. What is he was going, the act, was a commencement speech and the scene was at a University for the arts. This purpose of the speech was to tell the audience everything he’d wish he’d known starting out, a few things he did know, and the best piece of advice he’d ever gotten. In the speech he said, go do what you want, don’t do things for money, make mistakes, make good art, make your art and enjoy yourself.

            I think a very important ratio in the dramatistic pentad is the relationship between scene and purpose. This speech would only would for very few audiences because it is extremely specific to the arts and to young people. Even if this speech were given at a convention to an older group of authors, it wouldn’t be quite appropriate for their stage in life. This speech would definitely not be appropriate for a military school commencement. This speech is so successful because of the scene going perfectly with the purpose. The act and the purpose also go together because giving advice is appropriate for a commencement speech. I really enjoyed the little bits of humor and his advice to make good art.