The Obama Deception

1. The Obama Deception was a movie that was made by Alex Jones that was trying to inform and persuade the public about Obama and his followers. While watching this film, I was very interested in what Alex Jones had to say. I felt that Jones pronounced what he had to say in an amusing way, especially using a megaphone to be heard. Throughout the entire movie, Jones was comparing Obama to our previous Presidents and what they did when in power. Obama is just a figure head who is controlled by others in the government along with major power and profitable corporations.
2. From the second that the movie started, your brain was completely overtaken by the music. The eerie music that was played constantly throughout the film truly took control of our brain. The limbic brain is affected by music and pictures. Jones has definitely done his research on how the brain works. He utilized the music along with adding in graphic footage that also deeply affects how we think. Jones also used his own voice which is low and dark to narrator the movie. All of these pieces that affected the limbic brain allowed the view to be convinced that the government and Obama aren’t working to make good in our country.
3. Throughout this film, Jones used countless persuasive techniques that moved the viewer. The most memorable technique would happen to be the use of symbols; Obama himself. Obama was targeted for this movie because he is our newly elected President, who happens to be the first black President to run our country. Obama has promised us great change for our country; however Jones portrays Obama as a puppet for the Wall Street tycoons and major corporation bigwigs. Jones used testimonials in order to back up his own thesis. He was able to obtained interviews from rappers to everyday people to previous government workers. That way he is able to target each different demographic. Plain Folks was also a strong persuasive technique throughout The Obama Deception. The average Joe was always placed in the film to prove how much they approve of Obama and what they expect out of him since he was running in the election. Group dynamics was one of the main techniques that held this film together. I couldn’t tell you how many times I saw a group of people rallying against Obama and trying to bring down the elite powers. Straw man was another technique that was used influentially. Even though Obama has only been in office for a few months, Jones identifies all of the promises that Obama made when running for President and that he hasn’t fulfilled them yet. Strength would be the last technique that Jones uses extremely well. Without strength within himself, Jones would not be as well known as he is at rallies, in the news, and with government officials. He has been able to create a certain reputation about himself through his strength.
4. After taking several media classes, I know that you can’t believe everything you hear especially if you only listen to one source of media. But Alex Jones was very convincing of his opinion through emotional transfer. He was able to set up the entire film to convince the viewer that they should fear Obama and the elite powers. Because Jones has done his research about his topic and creating an influence film, he was able to pace this film with production techniques to fit the context of information. Jones was able to place in visuals that connected to what he was saying and informing the viewer on. Since Jones was the creator of The Obama Deception, he has created ownership for the film and no one was there to stop what he had to say. The last general principle Jones used was value messages. Value messages were within the film to get his opinion across to the viewer. I felt that he placed so many value messages in the film so the viewer could connect to the film and agree with Jones.
5. In our technological world, you can find just about anything on the net. Jones is a very savvy man and placed his film on YouTube, that way more people can access and view it. With just a little advertising that this film is available on YouTube, people can then watch the film for free, on their own time, rewind and fast forward to wherever they’d like. This is the biggest technological shift I believe that is apart of The Obama Deception.
6. Before watching The Obama Deception I had never heard about the Bilderberg Group. Jones really didn’t elaborate about who or what the group did. So after researching who they are, I found out that the group consists of influential people, who are mostly politicians and business people who come up with secretive conspiracy theories. The group doesn’t give out times or places where they meet, nor do they give out information on what they are discussing. The New World Order was another organization that I had never heard before. They are an extremely powerful and influential group than plan and hope to run the world through a self-governing administration. The group meets in secrecy also consists of powerful politicians and powerful business people from all over. The Trilateral Commission is also another eye opening organization that hasn’t been in the daily news or has been talked about in great detail.
7. Now that I have read all the books for this course and been able to reflect on this film by Alex Jones. Our Project Censored 2009 book relates extremely well to The Obama Deception. All of the stories within that book have been censored to the media in various different ways for many different reasons. Jones and the authors of PC are trying to inform the general public of the secrecy going around in our own neighborhoods. Without these types of people, the other sides of stories would never been heard or seen.