Daily Log Blogs 11/28/17

Today's class was the build off of what we worked on yesterday. We focused on the topic of writing as a process, not as a product. While diving into the movie Feast, we really focused on evaluating the pieces and potential objects of the film.  The potential objects are the parts of the objective part of the film and these parts are something we can sit down and analyze in our reviews.  The examples that our class looked at during the film Feast were setting, food, symbol, music, and framing. Each group focused on one topic during the film and analyzed the development of their part of the film. After the film is done it was time to identify ideas for body paragraphs.  Some topics are to establish your potential claims, establish films potential themes, and to identify the scenes to best support you and your claims/themes. Next, each group came together and drafted their claims. Examples can be found on classroom under #5.1: Review Excerpt. 

After the claims, we started to discuss about theme. We went over the idea of concrete themes and abstract theme. An example of concrete theme would something tangible like food. Abstract theme is the exact opposite of concrete theme. An example of abstract theme would be something intangible like love. The class then came up with abstract and concrete concepts and soon discovered that topics can be both abstract and concrete. For example the idea of a family is abstract, but the physical identity of having a family is concrete. We then came together as groups and came up with abstract and concrete themes found in Feast. We then covered the idea of that to be a theme it must be able to stand on it to own feet and apply to the real world. Examples of the abstract and concrete themes can be found on classroom under #5.1: Review Excerpt, just like the claims.

To rap up class we covered that the third viewing should consist of precision. Before viewing the film you want to think where can the content be found in the film, based on your theme and topic? 

During the viewing you want to search for the specific scenes and expand your support for your evaluations. And after the viewing you want to replace the neutral language with tonal language. The whole point is to be specify and clear. 

The topic of writing as a process, not as a product is applied in the real world every day. Writers and critiques go through this process while writing their text. If critiques did not analyze every part of the film in detail, they would not have a liable review. Critiques have to establish potential claims and look at the objective parts of the film. After they establish these claims, they then have to turn those claims into themes. Once the objective part is over, they then have to  incite their subjective qualities into the film also, while all being specific and clear. Writers also have to go through a process. They themselves must come with claims and themes and have to apply those concepts into their text. While keeping a decisive plot and story line. Overall, the process of writing is very specific and takes time. Without the specific process of writing, there would not product. You can not end up with product, but must go through the process first.