a. Go to the following website and select a film title:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls002417064/ (Links to an external site.)
Select a film you and analyze
OR
b. Find the film online, at a local library, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime (or another video streaming service), film
rental location or Redbox and view it with a critical eye using concepts from our textbook…
Link to TCC’s library media resource page:
http://www.tcc.edu/lrc/services/media.htm
Link to FILMS on Demand via TCC’s library page:
http://digital.films.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/AccountSubjects.aspx?SubjectID=933
c. Analyze the communication present within the film and apply your knowledge of communication concepts to
critically analyze the communication and culture within the film:
- What country or culture is the setting of the film?
- Name the main characters? Do any have particular accents or dialects? Are they all from the same culture?
- What effect does language have upon the communication of this culture?
- What are the underlying values of this culture?
- Explain gender roles within this culture? How are they communicated?
- Are any cultural gestures (nonverbal communication) exhibited? Who and what gesture?
- Provide an example of each of the following from the film & how it communicated a message non-verbally
within the film:
Facial expressions