Rhetorical Techniques Used In The Film 'The Colour Of Beauty'

Tall, skinny, and beautiful. Those three words are often the first things that comes to a person’s mind when they think about models. However, the lesser talked about obstacle that some models have to face is their own skin colour. In the short film “The Colour of Beauty”, directed by Elizabeth St. Philip and published in 2010, the experiences of an aspiring supermodel named Renee Thompson is used to argue that the modelling industry is a racist environment that are not giving equal chances to models of ethnic backgrounds. Throughout the film, St. Philip uses statistics, Thompson's experiences, and reputable sources to connect with the audience’s emotions and increase the credibility of the film’s argument. After analyzing St. Philip’s use of rhetorical techniques, it is clear that the great usage of ethos, logos, and pathos increases the film’s persuasiveness to the audience.
Some of the biological traits include having hips that are too wide, lips that are too big, or a nose that is not thin enough (03:05). The bias that some designers have is that black models “don’t sell” (12:20) because white people are the major consumers of their product. The inequality of ethnics in the modelling world is an issue that was brought up recently due to having run ways that were a “sea of white girls” for decades (08:04). Despite the minor efforts to increase more black presence, such as Vogue publishing their “Black Issue”, there is still no real solution to the problem (14:20). The issue also extends to other races, such as Asian and Latio, as their numbers pale in comparison to while models as