Beginning to Think, Starting to Write (Timothy Corrigan) by Rejoice Abutsa https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm en-us 2022-08-31 12:39:03 UTC 2025-10-03 06:17:56 UTC hello@padlet.com What influences your analytical writing on film? rabutsa https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277648071 2022-08-31 12:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277648071 What was the most striking quote from the text "beginning to think, starting to write"? rabutsa https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277650221 2022-08-31 12:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277650221 Films are not just about a story, a character, a place, or a way of life; they are also what John Berger has called" a way of seeing "these elements in our lives. rabutsa https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277658867 2022-08-31 12:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277658867 What are some of the considerations you would like to keep in mind as you write about film? Films are not just about a story, a character, a place, or a way of life; they are also what John Berger has called" a way of seeing" these elements in our lives (p. 20). rabutsa https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277668943  ]]> 2022-08-31 12:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277668943 WHAT TYPES OF QUESTIONS SHOULD WE CONSISTENTLY HAVE WHEN WRITING ABOUT FILM? rabutsa https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277700973 2022-08-31 13:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277700973 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277914093 Why does the film conclude on this image?]]> 2022-08-31 15:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277914093 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277915640 What is the deeper meaning behind the repetition? ]]> 2022-08-31 15:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277915640 Which three or four sequences are the most important? https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916120 2022-08-31 15:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916120 what types of questions should we consistently have when writing about film? https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916217 How does the film communicate with its viewing audience?]]> 2022-08-31 15:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916217 political background and bias https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916233 2022-08-31 15:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916233 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916315 We should consistently question the budget set aside for the film and how the film uses it to get the message across. ]]> 2022-08-31 15:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916315 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916542 What period is this film based on?]]> 2022-08-31 15:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916542 Important idea https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916723 Every more uses patterns of repetition that are contrasted with striking singular moments ]]> 2022-08-31 15:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277916723 The background of the director and the people involved should be considered https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917619 2022-08-31 15:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917619 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917678 Who is the intended audience of the film?]]> 2022-08-31 15:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917678 What types of questions https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917765 Why does the movie start the way it does? Why are the opening credits presented in such a manner against this particular background?]]> 2022-08-31 15:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917765 reo37 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917805 What are the main, underlying themes, stories, and lessons. ]]> 2022-08-31 15:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917805 There are so many aspects to one film and we will all have our own interpretation/takeaways from the film https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917924 2022-08-31 15:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277917924 Questions to as when watching a film: https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277918250 Where is much of the money directed?
The stars?
The special effects?
The promotion?

Does the film seem especially earthy or commercial, or does it try to reach compromise between the two?

Who is the intended audience?]]> 2022-08-31 15:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277918250 How does the form of the film help define the content of the film? What elements of the content is emphasized; which ones are striking and singilar, and which ones are consistent? https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277918416 2022-08-31 15:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277918416 Why is the cast the cast? https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277918503 2022-08-31 15:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277918503 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277918758 Do not let a film’s budget limit your perceptions of a film. Many of the world’s most groundbreaking films were low budget and many times, the content in low budget films have more meaning because the director is not worried about delivering to stakeholders. So do not think of a film’s budget as something limiting. ]]> 2022-08-31 15:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277918758 Taking Notes https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277919413 Good film essays require more than one viewing especially if you plan to take meticulous notes. ]]> 2022-08-31 15:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277919413 Types of questions we should have https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277919618 Who is the intended audience?
What does the title mean?
What is the background of the writer and how is that influencing the film?
What was the budget to make the film?
What are the underlying themes or possible double meanings?]]> 2022-08-31 15:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277919618 what influences analytical writing? https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277919641  The tone of the film]]> 2022-08-31 15:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277919641 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277920092 I want to consider when the film was made and how that influenced the different scenes and how the story is told]]> 2022-08-31 15:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277920092 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277920110 What do the images and their particular use at a certain point in the film mean and signify about the plot and or characters.]]> 2022-08-31 15:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277920110 How does costume design, props and cinematography contribute to the bigger picture? (Mise en scene) https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277920391 2022-08-31 15:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277920391 Influences the analysis reo37 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277920738 The persons standing on the topic within the movie along with the way the story portrayed groups of people ]]> 2022-08-31 15:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277920738 Strategy To Take Notes https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277921589 Develop a shorthand system for the technical information to be able to write the same information in shorter terms. Like pov for “point of view” of ls for “long shot”]]> 2022-08-31 15:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277921589 Taking notes https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277921870 First viewing: note free
Second viewing: take notes with shorthands and visuals as well as identity 3-4 major sequences ]]> 2022-08-31 15:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277921870 The most striking quote: https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277921966 When watching a movie/film be “open-minded and suspicious” 
Hehe I love the word suspicious ]]> 2022-08-31 15:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277921966 https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277922011 Revisiting initial notes is essential for a writer to grasp the miniscule details in both visual and auditory aspects ]]> 2022-08-31 15:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277922011 Depending on our interests, we all respond to different points or figures, in a movie https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277922543 2022-08-31 15:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277922543 “Badly seen, badly said” https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277922812 This quote, while short and simple, emphasizes the importance of the manor in which the film is watched and the effect that the viewing experience itself has on the audience. In order to get the most from the film, it is necessary to view the film with full attention, meaning that the viewer must push past the surface level and into the deeper meaning of the film.]]> 2022-08-31 15:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rabutsa/ezu96tr9vxafdhgm/wish/2277922812