Lauren
Zanetakos
Period 3
When we came into class we all wear all pretty excited because
well, what’s better than going to class in your pj’s and watching a movie?
After introducing the film Mr. Rivers told us that he will be moving back our
letter assignment one day so that we as students have another day to collect
our thoughts and organize the evidence we wish to use. The assignment is to
either write a letter to Ernest
Cline’s (Ready Player One) and Robert Zemeckis’ (Back
to the Future) parent regarding a
suspicions of plagiarism and or lazy writing. This meaning that they followed
the 3 act structure to closely in their write leaving no room for their personally
voice and ideas. Or you can write a letter to the principal in the point of view
of the two creators defending their work as creative and original pieces of literature.
suspicions of plagiarism and or lazy writing. This meaning that they followedthe 3 act structure to closely in their write leaving no room for their personallyvoice and ideas. Or you can write a letter to the principal in the point of viewof the two creators defending their work as creative and original pieces of literature. The grading based on our complexity of the
writing and how we present our argument.
Movies
made in the 80’s were thought to be not creative but “Back to the Future” is
still in the top 10 grossing movies of all time. With this in mind we dove into
the film. To start off I was looking more for content over the actual present
of a 3 act structure with in the film. I noted that there is a lot of
foreshadowing in this film including:
o Clock tower
o Mayor Wilson
o His dad is a “slacker”
o Biff
o They show the Mall “Twin Pine Mall”
sign for a long time so that the audience can remember it subcnsciously
o December 5th 1955 is a very important
date.
The
uses of foreshadowing is used in many film to keep the audience engaged and on
their toes. If the audience is really perceptive they can solve the unsolved
murder before the cops can or find the underlying meaning of the placement of
each prop in a mystery movie.
Love the conversational tone (re: your opening question). You give a great context to the film and lots of details, which can be difficult when most of the class’ activities involved watching (instead of talking/debating). Great organization in terms of your paragraph break and the use of bullets. I love your idea of foreshadowing, but take us deeper into that! When/where do we see foreshadowing (in other films)? Would rather see you get SUPER specific and talk about a singular film than to let your extension get caught up in generalities.
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