Today I’m reviewing YouTube channel Nail Career Education, Suzie is the nail tech professional who provides free nail education along with many inspired nail designs. I will use the Pentad Method to analyze this video. The Pentad method is composed of five elements developed by Kenneth Burke, this method starts with what, where, who, how, and why (the motive).
Suzie is the creator of this channel and an expert in the nail tech world. This video she goes into detail of how to apply acrylic nails on yourself, and this requires one to use the opposite hand. The “what” is the application of the acrylic product using one’s opposite hand. The “where” is the scene Suzie presents in her YouTube platform, this is a free education site and geared towards helping people who are typically the main audience which are the “who”, as this a very specific niche category of tutorial channel. This can also be the “how” as the agency is YouTube, this is Suzie’s media platform where she provides all her free educational tutorials on how to create all kinds of nails.
This is a very technical video, so this was quite tricky to critique this using the Pentad method. However, the “why” or the motive of Suzie’s video was to show how tricky it is to do your own nails using your opposite hand as most people are not ambidextrous. Although her purpose was to show how to do this, her main purpose for her motive was to show that this technique is difficult and that practice over time will help anyone become a better nail tech.
This video has over 561,000 views, and according to some of the comments the purpose of her motive is working, see some comments people left on this video and as you can see like most of her comments are positive, her motive definitely is effective to motivate her audience, even nail enthusiasts into DIYers.
I know this is how I started. I was just cruising through YouTube like millions of people do every day. I stumble across this channel and I’m hooked, she is the best teacher for this craft. I now have a skill set that can someday turn into an income generating hobby. I have to agree with Suzie as she is absolutely spot on, as I do my own nails, inspired by Suzie, I feel that when I do my opposite hand I get better every time, although it is a chore and sometimes I want to go into the nail salon and have them do that one left hand! Another part to her motive is also encouragement for beginner nail techs or DIY nail tech like me, she is always very encouraging and tries to provide as much information to make the process of learning this technical and artistic side to nails as easy and fun as possible. Overall, I feel that I got to experiment with the Pentad method using this video, provided by Nail Career Education, please check out the video here. I’ve also included the video in this post above. Check it out and as always enjoy!
Nail Career Education 
I read this! I really like what you did with this topic!
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This is an interesting post, and you’ve done a nice job using the method here. You apply all 5 parts of the pentad, you identify how one part stands out, and you point to an underlying motive. Good job!
To strengthen your post, I think it would help to use the Burkean language (agent, agency, etc.) instead of their more colloquial meanings. Second, you move from identifying the 5 parts to pointing out the motive. How did you get to the motive part? And, importantly, why do you suppose she benefits from people viewing this as difficult? I think you’re right, and you’ve made a persuasive case to support your analysis. But why? There’s a little more there that you can unpack to help you further support your point. This is a strong base. Now add the polish 🙂
Keep up the good work!
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