Critical Response #2

Hello, I need you to write a full 2 page or more Critical Response on the movie: “Bringing Up Baby (1938)” and some readings. I will be uploading you the readings, Critical Response Requirements, and a example of my first Critical Response with some helpful comments on it. Also the Critical Response Requirement ask that you address at least three of the questions, and I would like for you to let me know which ones you will be responding to. Due 4/10/10

Critical Viewing Response Requirements and Grading Rubric

 

Critical film viewing requires you to look at media from a variety of perspectives, including who is constructing the message and how different viewers might respond to it, among others.

 

Key questions to consider when critically viewing film and media are:

1. Who created this message and why? What do they stand to gain by its

production – profit? Visibility?

2. What creative cinematic techniques are used to attract my attention?

* Some useful cinematic terms and concepts include:

* mise-en-scene: the design or “look” of the setting, props, lighting, and

costuming, as well as the composition of the visual frame

* cinematography: framing and proximity of the shot (long shot vs.

close-up); angle and height of the camera (high angle vs. low angle

shots)

* editing: how the cinematic pieces are put together (chronologically vs.

out of order); rhythm (fast-paced editing with lots of quick cuts vs. slow-

paced editing with long takes and few cuts)

* sound: how sound is used to create a mood or feeling within media; can

include vocal sounds, environmental sounds, music, sound effects, and     silence, among others

[*** An extended glossary of cinematic terminology and concepts is available on our Blackboard site, under “Course Documents” for further details]

3. How might different people understand this message differently? How might individual viewers create different meanings in media messages through interpretation?
4. Media provides a representation of the world, though it is always an incomplete one. What values, lifestyles, and points of view are represented in, or omitted from this representation? Why do you think some have been included and some have been excluded?
5. Other than entertainment, why is this message being sent? What economic or political factors or contexts might be important in the construction or interpretation of this media?

 

Your critical response needs to be a minimum of two full pages, not including a Works Cited page (if you use sources). When you write your critical viewing responses, you need to address at least three of these key questions to make a critical argument about a media selection (an assigned television episode or film from our course), supported with specific examples from your chosen film.

 

Assignments should include a standard formatted header at the top of the first page, including your name, the course title, the name of the assignment, and the date.

 

Critical Response #1 can be on any reading from Weeks 1-6

 

Critical Response #2 can be on any reading from Weeks 7-14 

Grading Rubric for Critical Viewing Responses:

 

 

Criteria	A (22-25) Outstanding	B (20-21) Proficient	C (17-19) Basic	D/F (0-16) Below Expectations
5 Key Questions	* Addresses 3 or more of the 5 Key Questions	* Addresses 3 of the 5 Key Questions	* Addresses 2-3 of the 5 Key Questions	* Addresses few or none of the 5 Key Questions
Critical Argument	* Original, well-developed argument * Rich in content * Full of thought, insight, and analysis	* Substantial argument * Thought, insight, and analysis has taken place	* Generally competent argument * Thought, insight, and analysis is thin and underdeveloped	* Unclear or no clear argument * Rudimentary and superficial * No analysis or insight is displayed
Examples	* Clear, illustrative examples * Examples for each of the Key Questions addressed * Support main argument	* Good use of examples * Examples for most or all of the Key Questions addressed * Some connection to main argument	* Sparse use of examples * Examples for few of the Key Questions addressed * Unclear examples	* Few or no examples * No connection to main argument or Key Questions
Stylistics	* Meets length requirements * Few grammatical or stylistic errors	* Meets length requirements * Several grammatical or stylistic errors	* Meets length requirements * Obvious grammatical or stylistic errors * Errors interfere with content	* Fails to meet length requirements * Obvious grammatical or stylistic errors * Very difficult to understand