Movie Assessment Paper
Read the instructions carefully!
Choose ONE of the following movies:
Avatar. Dir. James Cameron. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 17 Dec. 2009. Film. 16 Apr. 2016.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Dir. John Madden. Fox Searchlight, 24 Feb. 2012. Film. 23 Feb. 2016.
The Intouchables. Dir. Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano. Sony Pictures, 2 Nov. 2011. Film. 23 Feb. 2016.
Jalla! Jalla! Dir. Josef Fares. Pretty Pictures, 22 Dec. 2000. DVD. 19 May 2016.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Dir. Joel Zwick. Gold Circle Films, 20 Sept. 2002. Film. 23 Feb. 2016.
Outsourced. Dir. John Jeffcoat. Lantern Lane Entertainment, 29 Nov. 2007. Netflix. 19 Aug. 2016.
Philomena. Dir. Stephen Frears. Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1 Nov. 2013. Film. 19 Apr. 2016.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Dir. Lasse Hallström. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20 Apr. 2012. Film. 16 Apr. 2016.
A Small Act. Dir. Jennifer Arnold. HBO Documentary Films, 1 Jan. 2010. Film. 16 Apr. 2016.
The Ramen Girl. Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman. Media 8 Entertainment, 23 Oct. 2008. Netflix. 19 Sept. 2015.
Dos and Don’ts
– I don’t want to read a movie review. I am not interested in reading why I or someone should or should not watch the movie!
For the whole paper, i am looking at about 1200 – 1300 words, not including the Works Cited page.
This is what I am looking for!
Brief Summary of Movie ( 250 – 300 words): Include a brief overview of the movie. This will serve as your introduction. This is not a movie review, but rather a plot summary.
Cultural Contexts in the movie (high/low context, masculinity/femininity, power distance, nonverbal concepts etc…) , 250 – 300 words for each.
You need to discuss intercultural concepts in detail for any TWO scenes that you select.
Examples of the concepts in the scene
Analyze how it ties to the movie and the characters
Conflict Resolution ( 250 – 300 words): A discussion of the conflicts in the movie, how and if they were resolved, and what conflict style the characters use to display emotion.
Conclusion, grammar, punctuation, spelling, organization of the paper, answering all the sections etc, In text citations and “Works Cited” page