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Ashford 2: – Week 1 – Blog
Narrative/Storytelling
Throughout this course, you will be creating and maintaining a blog. Before beginning your blog post for this week, review the following links: General Instructions WordPress Quick Start Guide Support: Videos (WordPress) ENG225 Sample Blog
Our textbook sets up a distinction between story and plot, stating that story is what happens in a movie, and plot is how it happens. The distinction may seem minor; however, throughout this course, we will be scrutinizing the various aesthetic choices and cinematic techniques that work together to create meaning in any movie. With that in mind, we can understand that the way a film presents action can be as important as the action it is presenting.
For your initial blog post Select a full-length film and identify the title, writer, director, major actors, and the year it was released. Summarize the story and plot of your chosen movie. Discuss whether your film is presented chronologically or non-linearly. In your discussion, address the following: How did this aesthetic choice contribute to the general effect on the audience? How are elements like character development or foreshadowing impacted by the choice of storytelling methods? If the film had followed a different presentation style, how would the general effect on the audience have been different?
You must use at least two outside sources, in any combination of embedded video clips, still photos, or scholarly sources. All sources should be documented in APA style as outlined by the Ashford Writing Center. To submit this blog, you will be required to post a link to the specific blog entry in the discussion forum. You are encouraged to explore your classmates’ blogs, but no replies are required.
Please note that if you opt to write about the same film in your Final Film Critique, applicable entries from this blog can be used to write that assignment. Please also note that you should reflect on and revise this blog material based on the instructor’s feedback before you incorporate it into the Final Film Critique.
Responses
Responses are listed below in the following order: response, author and the date and time the response is posted.
Response
Author
Date/Time
Blog One Week One
Heather Duff
5/21/2015 12:39:16 PM
http://wp.me/p6eocs-4
(an instructor response)
RE: Blog One Week One
Instructor Vineski
5/22/2015 11:49:03 AM
Hi Heather, your blog link goes to a page that is unavailable. Make sure you check the link to be sure that it is working properly so that you can get credit for your efforts.
RE: Blog One Week One
Heather Duff
5/28/2015 12:02:28 PM
https://introtofilmblog1.wordpress.com/
Week 1 – Blog
Trudie Harris
5/21/2015 6:09:30 PM
Here is link for my blog.
https://trudieeng225.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/eng-225-week-1-blog/
(an instructor response)
RE: Week 1 – Blog
Instructor Vineski
5/22/2015 11:47:01 AM
Modified:5/25/2015 10:22 AM
Hi Trudie, I think you do a good job of summarizing the movie, and giving us a sense of how the characters are developed and their relationships to each other. You only briefly mention, though, that this movie was done in a chronological order. I would have liked some discussion about how this effected your experience of the film. How would the movie, and your experience of it, have changed if it were told in a more non-linear fashion? How do the ways in which the movie develops influence the ways in which the characters develop? Any thoughts?
Blog
Donna Geathers
5/21/2015 7:37:23 PM
https://donnag717wordpress.com
(an instructor response)
RE: Blog
Instructor Vineski
5/22/2015 11:48:29 AM
Hi Donna, your blog link goes to a page that is unavailable. Make sure you check the link to be sure that it is working properly so that you can get credit for your efforts.
RE: RE: Blog
Donna Geathers
5/24/2015 9:45:14 PM
I will check it again to ensure that it is working well, and I am able to get credit. I am not sure where it went wrong. Thamk you
RE: Blog
Donna Geathers
5/22/2015 1:10:35 PM
Hello
I will fix the problem
Thank you
RE: Blog
Donna Geathers
5/22/2015 5:32:26 PM
Hello
My blog address was created over to
https://[email protected]
Thank you
(an instructor response)
RE: Blog
Instructor Vineski
5/25/2015 10:19:40 AM
HI Donna, your new blog link goes to the create a website page. Make sure you check the link by clicking on it to be sure that it is working properly.
Blog One
Willis Torrence
5/21/2015 8:13:47 PM
https://whatwillisistalkingabout.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/eng-225-week-1-blog/
(an instructor response)
RE: Blog One
Instructor Vineski
5/22/2015 11:47:30 AM
Modified:5/25/2015 10:25 AM
Hi Willis, you do a good job of summarizing the film you chose and I like your use of images, as well. I am wondering though, if this film was told in a non-linear manner, as you mention, how did that method of telling this story effect the ways in which the characters found each other and the changes that entailed? What actions gave us insight into who these characters were and that they were meant to find each other? Would this movie have been as interesting if it were presented in a more linear manner? Any thoughts?
Goodie wk1 Blog
Christopher Goodie
5/22/2015 2:29:54 PM
https://goodienuff72.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/hello-world/
Blog 1_ Week 1
Khadijah Lockett
5/22/2015 3:36:58 PM
Hello Class/Instructor,
Here’s my link:
(an instructor response)
RE: Blog 1_ Week 1
Instructor Vineski
5/23/2015 8:47:59 AM
Modified:5/25/2015 10:28 AM
Hi Khadijah, you do a good job of summarizing the movie you chose, and you mention that it was presented chronologically. Although you do mention that the chronological order helps the audience to understand the characters and to follow the characters as they grow and learn, I am wondering: how does this orderly following of characters as they develop in the film affect your experience of it? Do you think the film would have been as interesting to you if it had gone back and forth between past and present, for instance? How are the characters effected by the way in which the story is told? Any thoughts?
Blog 1 – Week 1
Bryan Young
5/22/2015 4:03:39 PM
Here is my blog for week one.
Enjoy.
Bryan
https://bcyoung.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/blog-1-week-1/
pavlocks blog
Scott Pavlock
5/22/2015 4:49:34 PM
My blog is Army152.wordpress.com
(an instructor response)
RE: pavlocks blog
Instructor Vineski
5/23/2015 8:48:10 AM
Modified:5/25/2015 10:30 AM
Hi Scott, you do a good job of summarizing the film you chose, and you describe the general elements of character and plot clearly. You only briefly mention, though, that the film you chose was presented in chronological order. There is no discussion of how this contributed to the effects on the audience. How did it contribute to your experience of the film? What if it had been told in a non-linear fashion; how would that have changed that experience? I would also like more discussion of the character development, and any foreshadowing in the film itself. How did the ways in which the characters were developed effect your experience? What did the foreshadowing you mention add to that experience? Any thoughts?
WK1 BLOG
Christine Caparla
5/22/2015 10:05:03 PM
Christine’s Blog
Quick Notes.one
RE: WK1 BLOG
Christine Caparla
5/22/2015 10:06:10 PM
caparla.wordpress.com
(an instructor response)
RE: WK1 BLOG
Instructor Vineski
5/25/2015 10:15:12 AM
Modified:5/25/2015 10:33 AM
Hi Christine, this link goes to the instructions for using One Note in Microsoft and not to a blog. Please use the wordpress site for creating your blog, and check it by clicking on it to be sure that it is working. If you run into trouble, you can, in a pinch, copy and paste your blog into this forum; but please do not use Quick Notes. Thanks!
Week 1 Blog 1
Abbie Martinez
5/23/2015 12:23:35 AM
Hello Everyone:
Here is my link:
https://flowers1857.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/week-1-blog-1-frozen/
Narrative/Storytelling
China Samuel
5/23/2015 2:19:46 PM
Hey everyone. I chose the same thing as the sample because it is one of my kids and I favorite movie.
Week 1 Blog 1
Alexander Feenaughty
5/24/2015 6:24:41 PM
Please click the link
https://alexanderfeenaughty.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/forrest-gump/
Homerding- WK1 Blog Post
Conniemarie Homerding
5/25/2015 12:28:34 AM
Here go:
https://wheredogsartandbeautyreside.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/week-1-imitation-game/
RE: Homerding- WK1 Blog Post
Conniemarie Homerding
5/25/2015 12:32:57 AM
Hello, Instructor Vineski
I am just letting you my time stamp is wrong and it is an hour ahead. I am on Pacific Standard time, I prefer not to be penalized for be submitting my assignment before midnight, but it is shown differently on my post. Thank you.
Regards,
Conniemarie
(an instructor response)
RE: Homerding- WK1 Blog Post
Instructor Vineski
5/25/2015 10:14:52 AM
Modified:5/25/2015 10:41 AM
Hi Conniemarie, although you do a nice job of talking about the elements of the film you chose (lighting, etc.) you make no real mention of whether the story in the film was told chronologically or in a non’linear manner. Do you think that this is a movie that needs to be told chronologically in order to be fully understood? Is there any place in the film where the chronology becomes more non-linear? What about the main character’s thoughts and feelings? Do you think that because we are getting his view of these things that we feel his fear and determination as a result? Any thoughts?
RE: Homerding- WK1 Blog Post
Conniemarie Homerding
5/25/2015 3:37:41 PM
Hello, Instructor Vineski
I think when I was editing my work I took that part out. Due to the constant flashbacks it would be advised that film was told in a non-linear manner. I do not think it is necessary to tell the story chronologically to convey the story. I think, using the non-linear execution of the film gave the story of the individual and the events deeper meaning. We understand war as people fighting and blowing things up causing mass devastation. To think there is more to the war efforts and how someone or rather a group of people came together that had no military background contributed to ended a war. It was suggested in the film that if it wasn’t for them the war would have gone on for another four or more years.
Throughout the movie it seems there was two distinctive timeline flowing the time of WWII and Post WWII, in a way chronological time was present.
The main character had many secrets and internal conflict that influenced the way he viewed the world and people in it, which is why he kept to himself and engrossed himself to building Christopher and even keeping Christopher after the war ended. He didn’t feel connected with people and the only thing he knew and understood was puzzles and his machine (Christopher), in turn he questions whether or not he is a person or a machine as he plays the imitation game with the Detective. Of course the detective has not righ to judge who Alan is as a person, and in response Alan told him he is useless to help him.
Narrative/Storytelling
Donna Geathers
5/25/2015 1:10:10 PM
Hello
This is my wordpress website for the blog lesson.
Thank you
Week 1 Blog 1
Jonathan Green
5/25/2015 1:08:11 PM
https://jogree0639.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/guardians-of-the-galaxy/
week 1 blog
Andrea Clark-Martin
5/26/2015 6:59:41 PM
Blog at:
https://andreainpuna.wordpress.com
Unable to download picture, will edit in.
Andrea
Thought this was already submitted…
Blog
Danielle Washington
5/26/2015 7:58:07 PM
dwashington7780.wordpress.com
week 1 blog
Tavii Pearl
5/26/2015 9:48:04 PM
https://taviipearl2015.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/week-one-blog/
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