Film Critique Assignment

Film Critique Assignment

CLP 1006 Psychology of Personal Effectiveness

Submission Dates: No later than Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:54 PM ________________________________________________________________________

Form of Submission: Film Critiques must be uploaded through the Safe Assign link within Blackboard (within the Film Critique Assignment link in the left hand column of the course home screen) by NO LATER THAN 11:54 PM on Sunday, November 22, 2020.

As noted in the course Syllabus, students may opt to submit the Film Critique earlier, review the Safe Assign Originality Report generated for the film critique, correct any grammar, spelling, citation, referencing, etc. errors, and resubmit unlimited times up until the due date and time. Students’ last submissions, as long as these are received by the due date / time, will be graded for the assignment.

There is no specific “word limit” for this paper. The paper must be in paragraph, not bulleted / tabled, format. The paper can be single- or double-spaced at your discretion. All material from the text, the film and / or other source material must be cited / referenced following APA 7.0 formatting. Be sure to include a reference for the film, the textbook, and any additional sources that you discuss in this paper.

No “late,” handed in, emailed, or emailed as attachment film critique submissions will be graded / accepted.

Your Task:

First – Select a Film from the list below to critique. You MAY NOT critique a film not on this list. Take care when selecting a film to read the description of the film online before viewing to ensure that you are comfortable with the content and are interested in viewing the content.

1) The Mule

2) Wonder Woman

3) Crash

4) The Report (2019)

5) Star Wars: The Force Awakens

6) Inside Man

7) American History X

8) History of Violence

9) Snow Falling on Cedars

10) The Shape of Water

11) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

12) Concussion

13) A River Runs Through It

14) Reservoir Dogs

15) Red (with Bruce Willis et al.)

16) Dreams

17) Star Wars: The Lost Jedi

18) John Wick

19) Driving Miss Daisy

20) Identity

Watch the Film.

Then, type your film critique (see formatting criteria above as well), being sure to address the items below. An important note – this film critique must be written in paragraph form, not bulleted. Thus, write about the four things above for each scene / topic connection, but write about the connections in ten separate paragraphs – do not type the paper in bulleted format.

Your Film Critique should include the following:

Centered at the top of the page, include your name, our Course ID and Reference Number, and the film you selected.

In ONE PARAGRAPH (No more than one) that summarizes your understanding of the film. In this summary, address the main theme or idea of the film as well as any underlying themes that are conveyed during the production. In other words, what primary message was conveyed to the audience IN YOUR OWN WORDS via the production of this film? Note – I have seen all of these films – thus, this section should be one paragraph only – the majority of your critique should include your film / scene connections.

Then, in TEN individual paragraphs – In each:

1) Name one theory or topic that you read about in the text / heard about in class. You cannot use the same topic in more than one paragraph – so, overall, you will discuss ten different theories / topics from class)

2) Describe this theory or topic IN YOUR OWN WORDS (do not quote the text – however, DO provide an in-text citation for the textbook and a reference for all paraphrased material within)

3) Fully describe a movie scene that you believe is an example of this theory / topic (and cite / reference the film). Again, you cannot use the same film scene twice in the paper – so, overall, you will discuss ten theory / film connections.

4) Very clearly and specifically explain to me HOW AND WHY this particular scene is a good example of or can be explained by the text theory or topic. (Note that, if you neglect to tell me “how and why” the scene is an example of the selected topic, I will be unable to understand if you truly understand the connection – so be sure not to forget to do this).

Then, in ONE paragraph answer the following questions:

What did you like about this film? What did you dislike? What, if anything, did you learn from it? Did this film surprise you / offend you in any way? This is your chance to say what you thought about the film.