On the Gulf of Mexico
Tonight's Tuesday class will be meeting at the Gateway theater between 6:45 and the start of the film, 7:30 p.m. (1820 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL - (954) 763-7994) I have papers to return and then we can watch the film.
Watch and form your own conclusions, and then write the essay with precision and expressive detail. Remember to use specific examples–scenes, images, lines of dialogue–to recreate certain aspects of the film and to support your various points. If you use any material from published reviews, reference the author and source or site where published. Be careful not to plagiarize material.
Essay 7: A Film Review: The essay should be 450-600 words, titled, and doubled spaced. Introduce the film by title, director, and release date and provide plot summary as needed for context. Advance a clear point (thesis) and supporting examples. You might also use quotations and document references from reviewers, if you borrow their ideas.
Enjoy the show!
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Reminder: the field reports you were to write sometime over the last several weeks are due tonight or next week. The field report involves primary source research, including eye-witness observations, statements or testimonials taken in informal conversation, and documentary photography. Also considered primary research are your original interpretations of art works, including film, of course, formalized interviews of people whose knowlege and opinions may be germaine to your work (or the point of the work entirely), questionaires and surveys.
Secondary source material is the research conducted and composed by others, and upon which we often rely for our understanding of a subject. When writing about the work of others, as in summary, paraphrase, or direct quotation, it is important to identify the source by author, title, and publication source. The MLA guidelines are a specific set of rules governing how the various source, primary and secondary, you may use in your work are to be documented. We will look at the conventional rules next week, again, in preparation for the short research report to be completed by week 10 (or at the latest week 11).
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