2001: Space Odyssey, a film directed by Stanley Kubrick, was released on April 6th, 1968. The film, said to be the best science-fiction film of all time, contains mainly imagery rather than verbal dialogue. Due to the lack of verbal dialogue, the audience experienced a lot of music, special effects, and visuals of what space looked like. This allowed the viewers to ponder their own meaning of the movie. Many viewers find the film boring and slow paced, yet still find themselves intrigued of the story being the film.
In the start of the film, I found myself very bored and annoyed. Bored by the fact that there was no dialogue, and annoyed because I was confused about what was happening. I thought once later into the movie, I would better understand. Unfortunately, that was not the case. I not only was still puzzled, I found myself even more confused. Yes, I understand the movie is about how man is dwarfed from technology, but the way it's approached, I do not get.
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I plan to better explain the film in more detail.
I plan to add quotes from the film.
I plan to add reviews.
I plan to add more personal thought.
Discuss a film in present tense. Don't discuss it in terms of vague entities called "viewers." You don't know who they are or what they think. This is your film evaluation: Take responsibility for your own perceptions, reactions, and opinions.
ReplyDeleteWhat are your criteria? How does this film meet up with your criteria?
You need a brief summary of the plot so the reader can have some context for your opinions. Don't announce your criteria: Make them obvious by how you discuss the film. Be sure to refer to specific scenes, dialogue, characters, special effects, etc. to back up your opinions.
End with your overall opinion of the film, and be specific about why you have that opinion.
hey jess,
ReplyDeletei think you have a nice start to your paper.
it is clear that you did not like the movie because it was boring. definitely add more examples as to why you think that!
instead of speaking for a wide range of people, when you use "viewers" say how you felt and then maybe use a quote or something that shows that you are not the only person who feels that way about the film.
you have no summary of the film so it could be really confusing to someone who has not sceen the film. so make sure you add that!
you definitely need more words to meet the criteria of the paper but i think once you add quotes, detial, reviews, adn personal thoughts your paper will start flowing together.
your first draft looks alot like mine! hahah
ReplyDeletebut i think you have a pretty good start! I think that if you would summarize the movie a little bit more and maybe have some specific scenes or quotes that you liked from the film, it would make your paper longer.
As Aud said, make sure you know that you are writing for people who may have never seen the film, so going into more detail would make it more clear to others.
I like that you talked about in the first paragraph about the lack of dialogue.
overall i think you have a nice start! just do some more research and you will be good!