Respond to the prompts below to complete your movie review. Use at least five of the course concepts/vocabulary in your responses.

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Movie Review on Grease (1978)

Dr. Erik E. Morales

Movie Review Outline

Directions: Respond to the prompts below to complete your movie review.  Use at least five of the course concepts/vocabulary in your responses (bold or CAPITALIZE each of the terms when you use them). Make sure to refer to specific scenes and/or dialogue in your responses.

Compare the two thematically matched films. Share your insights, what you liked, didn’t like, how it they compared, etc.

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Blazing Saddles and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Compare the two thematically matched films. Share your insights, what you liked, didn’t like, how it they compared, etc… Reference the reading or any other outside materials, and my comments from the video lectures.

Show your curious. Expand beyond the 250 words. Connect these films with other films you have seen. Go beyond just what you are watching.

 

Write these as short reflections on outside films, tv shows, podcasts, books, articles, or pieces of art relating to ongoing themes and topics covered in class.

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Film review and reflection

Write these as short reflections on outside films, tv shows, podcasts, books, articles, or pieces of art relating to ongoing themes and topics covered in class. Suggestions will be made by the instructor, and some supplementary materials provided, but students are encouraged to search out their own topic-adjacent material(s) for reflection, based on individual interests. All reflection papers, regardless of section tract, will follow the standard format of 12-point font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margin, and 3 pages double-spaced. These essays must be submitted as either PDF or word documents to the appropriate submission.

For this first reflection paper on a piece of outside media related to class themes, topics, and research questions.

Describe the key findings of the study in relation to the purpose statement or hypotheses. Evaluate the clarity of the authors’ explanation of key findings, including statistically significant & non-significant findings.

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With Disney’s Moana, Hollywood Almost Gets It Right” by Alli Joseph

Directions:

Read “With Disney’s Moana, Hollywood Almost Gets It Right” by Alli Joseph. Then choose two questions regarding to discuss with your peers:

  • Joseph has presented an evaluative argument regarding Disney’s Moana. Do you feel her evaluation is convincing? Why or why not?
  • What is Joseph’s strongest point? What is her weakest?
  • Is Joseph herself a credible author on this subject? Why or why not? (and this doesn’t have to be a yes/no answer)
  • Who is Joseph’s intended audience? Why? re you a part of it? Why or why not?

Post an initial response with your opinions and ideas and then respond to a minimum of two classmates for a total of three posts. Write all posts in paragraph format; revise and edit carefully.

Research Article Critique 4

Data Analysis

  • List the statistical procedures performed to describe the sample or demographic variables.
  • List the statistical procedures performed to answer the research question(s) or main study variables.
  • Discuss the appropriateness of the statistical procedures for the level of measurement of the data collected. Utilize the statistical decision tree in the textbook.
  • Describe how the researcher(s) addressed any problems with missing data, if they did.
  • Describe the level of significance (alpha) set for this study.
  • Discuss the clarity of the presentation of study results (e.g. if tables or figures were used, clear description, etc.).

Researcher Interpretation of Findings

  • Describe the key findings of the study in relation to the purpose statement or hypotheses.
  • Evaluate the clarity of the authors’ explanation of key findings, including statistically significant & non-significant findings.
  • Discuss whether the key findings were clinically significant or clinically important.
  • Describe which findings were consistent with those expected, and any which were unexpected in your opinion.
  • Describe the implications for practice identified by the authors.
  • Summarize the suggestions for future studies (research) identified by the authors.

Overall Evaluation of the Entire Study

  • Discuss two strengths of the study.
  • Discuss two weaknesses of the study, and how each weakness could have been corrected.
  • Based on the previous research presented in the literature review and the findings of the study presented in this article, discuss whether the findings are ready for use in practice.

 Reference List

Do you think Double Indemnity is a love story? How would you describe the relationship between Walter Neff and Phyllis Dietrichson? Or between Neff and Barton Keyes?

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CASE STUDY

Do you think Double Indemnity is a love story? How would you describe the relationship between Walter Neff and Phyllis Dietrichson? Or between Neff and Barton Keyes?

Then:

Choose one of the following questions to respond to:

In what ways might the character of Walter Neff be considered an anti-hero?

Compare Double Indemnity to a film noir-style movie that was shot within the last ten years.

How is the content of Double Indemnity enhanced by the visual style?

 

Watch a film and answer some questions about the film. It’s about the story of the native Americans.

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Film Review

Watch a film and answer some questions about the film. It’s about the story of the native Americans.

 

What is Joseph’s strongest point? What is her weakest? Is Joseph herself a credible author on this subject? Why or why not? Who is Joseph’s intended audience? Why? re you a part of it? Why or why not?

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With Disney’s Moana, Hollywood Almost Gets It Right” by Alli Joseph

Directions:

Read “With Disney’s Moana, Hollywood Almost Gets It Right” by Alli Joseph. Then choose two questions regarding to discuss with your peers:

  • Joseph has presented an evaluative argument regarding Disney’s Moana. Do you feel her evaluation is convincing? Why or why not?
  • What is Joseph’s strongest point? What is her weakest?
  • Is Joseph herself a credible author on this subject? Why or why not? (and this doesn’t have to be a yes/no answer)
  • Who is Joseph’s intended audience? Why? re you a part of it? Why or why not?

Post an initial response with your opinions and ideas and then respond to a minimum of two classmates for a total of three posts. Write all posts in paragraph format; revise and edit carefully.

Research Article Critique 4

Data Analysis

  • List the statistical procedures performed to describe the sample or demographic variables.
  • List the statistical procedures performed to answer the research question(s) or main study variables.
  • Discuss the appropriateness of the statistical procedures for the level of measurement of the data collected. Utilize the statistical decision tree in the textbook.
  • Describe how the researcher(s) addressed any problems with missing data, if they did.
  • Describe the level of significance (alpha) set for this study.
  • Discuss the clarity of the presentation of study results (e.g. if tables or figures were used, clear description, etc.).

Researcher Interpretation of Findings

  • Describe the key findings of the study in relation to the purpose statement or hypotheses.
  • Evaluate the clarity of the authors’ explanation of key findings, including statistically significant & non-significant findings.
  • Discuss whether the key findings were clinically significant or clinically important.
  • Describe which findings were consistent with those expected, and any which were unexpected in your opinion.
  • Describe the implications for practice identified by the authors.
  • Summarize the suggestions for future studies (research) identified by the authors.

Overall Evaluation of the Entire Study

  • Discuss two strengths of the study.
  • Discuss two weaknesses of the study, and how each weakness could have been corrected.
  • Based on the previous research presented in the literature review and the findings of the study presented in this article, discuss whether the findings are ready for use in practice.

 Reference List

Joseph has presented an evaluative argument regarding Disney’s Moana. Do you feel her evaluation is convincing? Why or why not? What is Joseph’s strongest point? What is her weakest?

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Moana, Hollywood Almost Gets It Right” by Alli Joseph

  • With Disney’s Moana, Hollywood Almost Gets It Right” by Alli Joseph

Directions:

Read “With Disney’s Moana, Hollywood Almost Gets It Right” by Alli Joseph. Then choose two questions regarding to discuss with your peers:

Joseph has presented an evaluative argument regarding Disney’s Moana. Do you feel her evaluation is convincing? Why or why not?

What is Joseph’s strongest point? What is her weakest?

Is Joseph herself a credible author on this subject? Why or why not? (and this doesn’t have to be a yes/no answer)

Who is Joseph’s intended audience? Why? re you a part of it? Why or why not?

Please post an initial response with your opinions and ideas and then respond to a minimum of two classmates for a total of three posts. Write all posts in paragraph format; revise and edit carefully.

 

Watch a film and answer some questions about the film. It’s about the story of the native Americans.

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Film Review

Watch a film and answer some questions about the film. It’s about the story of the native Americans.

 

What did you think of the film?How does the way the story is told affect your understanding of the characters?Do you have a better sense of the meaning of the term neorealist after this? Of Italian cinema?

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World cinema

Open response: Umberto D (1952) dir. Vittorio De Sica;What did you think of the film?How does the way the story is told affect your understanding of the characters?Do you have a better sense of the meaning of the term neorealist after this? Of Italian cinema?

The journal is set-up as an open response assignment and you can choose to answer any of these questions or explore ideas of your own. Whatever you decide to focus on, try to stay focused on a clear idea and cite examples from the film to support your analysis. The journal entry should be about 2-3 pages (350-800 words). Be sure to edit and proofread carefully.