Film TV Analysis Assignment  

Film TV Analysis Assignment

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment if for you to adapt what you’ve learned about rhetoric, particularly logical fallacies to a movie or TV show.

Instructions:

1. Choose from the list of movies or TV shows below and the suggested topics. For the TV show, the idea is to watch the first two episode. Shows on Netflix are indicated below. Others can be found on Humber’s streaming service which is free for students. Links to these will be found in the Assignment folder on Blackboard.
2. When you’re watching the movie/TV show, analyze how the screenwriters use dialogue, action or characters or filming techniques to present a specific point of view.
3. Consider:
   1. What are the themes?
   2. What are the characters’ motivations?
   3. Is the plot convincing? Why or why not?
   4. Are there inconsistencies with the plot?
4. Write an analysis based on the suggested ideas below.

Suggested Movie, TV and Analysis Topics

1. Get Out and Black Panther both discuss race in very specific ways. Findtwo or threeexamples of how the writers userhetoric to discuss this issue.
2. The NetflixTV reboot of She-ra and the Princesses of Power explores a number of themes, such as gender, LGBTQ2IA, and the effectiveness of misinformation in creating a totalitarian structure. Watch the first three episodes and discuss two or three ways the writers use rhetoric to explore any one of these themes.
3. Social media plays a big role in the movie, Eighth Grade.How realistic do you think it is? How does the writers use rhetoric to show its role in the protagonist’s life? (two or three examples)
4. Using rhetoric, show two or three examples of how class structure is explored in the NetflixAnime, Violet Evergarden? (Watch the first two episodes).
5. Watch the first few episodes of Schitt’s Creek(found on Netflix) and determine using rhetoric: How do the writers help us sympathize with the Rose Family and their predicament?
6. Choose any of the film/tv shows and the themes above and craft an analysis that determinesWHO is the intended audience and why?

Note: If you have another idea of how rhetoric is used in any of these films or TV shows, please discuss it with me.

Structure of the Analysis:

First Paragraph: One sentence that contains the name of the film, who the writers are, what the thesis is. One sentence that summarizes for me what the film’s main story is.

Second Paragraph: Two to three examples of how rhetoric is used to support your thesis. Make sure you use specific examples.

Third Paragraph: A sentence that wraps all of these things up.

Additional reminders:

• Begin your paragraphwith a relevant, clear topic sentence.
• Ensure your paragraph is logically organized with adequate transitions between ideas.
• Avoid simply listing examples of rhetorical choices from the film; again, explain HOW AND WHY such choices affect the argument.

Formatting instructions:

• 3 pages (including title and reference pages)
• Use Calibri 12-point font
• Double spaced
• Proper paragraphing (indent first line) — no additional spacing between paragraphs
• 1 inch margins
• APA page numbering, title page and work cited.

Total:  25 marks