After watching the Cohen brother’s film, apply creative writing principles and skills explored and exercised earlier in the course: writing narration, description and poetry.
A. Narration -
Option 1-tell the story of the movie as a whole from the point of view of one of the characters that you analyzed in the movie questions (“writerly perspective”). In the first person perspective, decide on what sequence of events the character would explain their actions and thoughts throughout the drama. Create the tale as that character would tell it.
Option 2- from the 3rd person point of view, tell the story of one or two of the scenes from the movie. Clearly express the sequence of events in the scene(s), identifying each character and the actions and reactions they had in the scene(s) of your choosing.
Either of these options must consist of at least 100 words and fulfill the criteria explained in the option you choose. Your work may either be e-mailed to me, as an attachment, or written and turned in on paper. This assignment is factored into your quarterly grade as:
1. a classwork grade
and
2. 1/3 of a project grade.
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B. Description
Option 1-choose one of the characters from the movie to describe their physical appearance, personality/ character qualities and their actions in one of the scenes of the movie. You must capture the body language of the character you choose to make the connection between personality and physical details.
Option 2- describe the appearance of one of the scenes through physical details: “paint” a picture of this scene by describing space, light color, shapes and sizes of the objects present in the a room or landscape from the movie. The characters’ presence in the scene is a minor concern in the overall composition of the visual/ audio expression you ultimately create.
Either of these options must consist of at least 100 words and fulfill the criteria explained in the option you choose. Your work may either be e-mailed to me, as an attachment, or written and turned in on paper. This assignment is factored into your quarterly grade as:
1. a classwork grade
and
2. 1/3 of a project grade.
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C. Poem
Establish a deeper meaning that you will express about one of the movie’s points about American culture and/ or history. You should use the responses from your movie questions (“historical/ cultural backdrop”): this poem should discuss the movie’s historical and/or cultural issues, using details and references to the movie itself. You might comment on the monsters that war and/ modern culture has created or even the nature of fate. There are, of course, other things to discuss in the context of this movie; so, if you have other ideas for your poem, run them by me.
This assignment must consist of at least 90 words, refer to the movie and have an identifiable point. Your work may either be e-mailed to me, as an attachment, or written and turned in on paper. This assignment is factored into your quarterly grade as:
1. a classwork grade
and
2. 1/3 of a project grade.
