The Hunting Ground
Rape Victims
Thesis
Annie and Andreas story and their project, was able to get the medias attention; to show how rape in college campuses are not taken serious, and are not giving the rapists their punishment. Their film was effective in using appeals to logo, pathos, and ethos.
Logos
Andrea and Annie use logos to show the college rape cases that are not taking into consideration. "2 to 8 percent of sexual assaults are false". This shows that 92 to 98 percent of reported sexual assaults are true. "Only 26 percent of rape cases lead to arrest". This helps show that there is evidence and other proof that these cases are real.
Pathos
Annie and Andrea used Pathos to appeal the feeling of emotion. To know how each of the victims felt. They also had music in the background to help bring out the emotion in each case. The girls interviewed the victims themselves, and the parents of the victims. This helped show the victims emotion and feelings towards the cases that occurred.
Ethos
They had security guards from Norte Dame being interviewed regarding the rape cases going on in the campus. They also had college deans speak and say their opinion on cases going on in their University. Andrea and Annie also had statistics from multiple cited sources, published journals, FBI stats, etc. This helped show other people opinions and thoughts about the many rape cases going on in college campuses.
Purpose
The purpose of their documentary was to show ho rape cases in college campuses are not taken seriously and are not punishing those who do it.