Daily Blog #2 ~ The 2nd Day of "Baby Driver"

At the beginning of class today, Mr. Rivers began a discussion about our first notecards on Baby Driver that we all handed in yesterday. First off, Mr. Rivers said that our notecards were, for the most part, excellent but there were still some things that we all could improve on. Specifically, Rivers said we (as a class) needed to improve on our precision (how detailed we are in describing a scene while also remaining specific) and our thoroughness (basically how much of the question we've answered). Afterwards, Mr. Rivers brought up a PDF of some exemplary notecards from yesterday that we then reviewed in our groups with the goal of finding not only the best one but also examples of precision and thoroughness. After a couple of minutes, Rivers called our attention back to the front of the classroom and we discussed as a class what examples we had selected in our groups. Specifically, the two notecards that came up the most were Kirsten's and Delia's as Kirsten's was very detailed while also being extremely specific (precision) and Delia's was very well organized and answered every part of the question she chose very well (thoroughness). Afterwards, we resumed from where we had left off in Baby Driver (the Mike Myers Heist scene). Today's class, although it may seem as a very abstract conversation that pertains primarily to Film as Literature and English, connects very well to the real world. The ability to write a essay or document and be detailed as well as specific while also being thorough in your answer and analysis of the question or subject posed is an exceptionally important and useful skill that everyone will need at one point or another in their lives. Whether that be during a college English or Film Analysis class, or for some form of report for a future job, one needs to be able to fully convey and describe their response to their boss or teacher while also remaining clear and concise.