Rob Blisss Video Homeless Veteran Time-Lapse Transformation

In Rob Bliss’s video â€Å"Homeless Veteran Time-lapse Transformation†, Bliss asserts his claim that society’s perception of your physical appearance is essential to take control of life and be successful. Rob Bliss takes a creative look at the transformation of Jim Wolf, US Veteran, through his physical transformation. Rob Bliss effectively creates his argument with his character choice for this video. Choosing an older man, who clearly by his status has been through many life experiences, appeals directly to the audience’s emotions. Although not a child, Jim’s age plays a grand factor in the perception of this video. Looking at Jim at the beginning of the video he looks about the age of 65, seeing someone at this age and in this state breaks†¦show more content†¦Bliss effectively uses this mans status as â€Å"United States Army Veteran† to his advantage when promoting Degage Ministries. This ministry works with disadvantaged individuals and gives them â€Å"hope†. Degage offers help to all individuals, yet this video doesn’t show the ordinary person on the street. This video purposefully shows a Veteran to get donations and to â€Å"give a hesitation to those that tune out†. Continuing further with Bliss’s argument, Rob Bliss successfully portrays society’s identity perception of success. Taking a homeless man, societies throwaway, giving him a pleasant, acceptable hair cut for his age, and dressing him in what would be considered work apparel, then sending him off into the world to better himself. Society says looking like you succeed, is how you succeed. Rob Bliss takes a raggedy man and provides him with a straight path into society’s perception. It is such a drastic change from the ragged, dirty man to the better dressed, in control of his life man seen at the end of the video. This again works to Bliss’s and Degage Ministries benefit. It shows that the ministry can actually change this mans life and it accredits Rob Bliss with the production of the video. Society’s perception is essentially glorified in this video. Showing only the physical side of this transformation, Bliss presents the assumption that the physical side of human identity is