UCI Atlantics Romantic Drama Film Summary

You will use your personal viewing practice notes as primary source, focusing on one moving image artifact: a film, a video/video channel, a tv series, etc.

Consider the situation in which you view/viewed the artifact chosen: place, time of day, etc. Consider also how it arrived at you.

Link it to a broader context and articulate it to a conceptual framework. Choose your theoretical framework: which concepts, why, what argument, what implications?

Write a short essay, considering the “viewing situation” and the content. You can think of it as an extended in-depth viewing report, in essay format.

Follow the directions below:

1. Pick one audiovisual object (tv series, internet video, film, etc) from your viewing practice diary
2. Choose one theoretical framework from weeks 1-6
3. Choose one theoretical framework from weeks 7-10
4. You will write a critical “situational” essay that addresses the context of your watching, the motivation/role that artifact fulfills (“mode of address” and “mode of use”), and the artifact (representation: form, content) itself.
5. Consider the following (these are not questions, just directions! Don’t answer them separately):
   1. Describe the artifact you chose
   2. How did it arrive to you? What motivated you to see it?
   3. In what situation did you see it? What does it tell us about it?
   4. How would _____ (theory from weeks 1–6) help read it?
   5. How would _____ (theory from weeks 7–10) help contextualize it?
   6. What questions does this open in relation to our moving image culture?

Format:

5-6 pages, Times New Roman 12 pt, double-spaced, for citations and quotes use the Chicago Manual of Style (Links to an external site.).

Submit it with your viewing practice diary notes.

Rubric:

– Proper choice and articulation of theoretical concepts

– Clarity in exposition of ideas

– Creative proposition of critical argument

– Effective contextualization

– Relevant and suitable choice of moving-image object