history 270 film review

Film Review History 270 WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2:  POPULAR FILM REVIEW:

  Due March 30, 2023

MUST Write Assignment in Mircrosoft Word and Submit it to the Turnitin Portal Below.

Film Selections:  You may find films in the FSU Library, Used Books Stores, , Cable offerings, Netflix, OR Online and You Tube.

            A Dry White  Season (1989), Africa in her Blood (2011),  Amistad (1997), A United Kingdom (2016),  Bang Bang Club (2010) Beyond the Gates ( 2005—Rwanda Genocide) Black Hawk Down (2001), Blood Diamond (2006), Constant Gardner (2005), , Cry Freedom, Cry the Beloved Country (1995),  Escape from Pretoria (2020), The First Grader (2010), Freetown (2014), From a Whisper (2009--Terrorist bombing of the US Embassy in Kenya), Hotel Rwanda (2004—Rwanda Genocide), In My Country (2004), Invictus (2009), Out of Africa (1985), Red Dust (2004), The English Patient, The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), Running Wild (1998)The Last King of Scotland (2006), Machine Gun Preacher (2011), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Sahara (2005), Sarafina (1992), Skin (2008), Tall as a Baobab Tree (2013), Tarzan the Legend of Greystoke (1984),  Taste of Rain, (2012), Tears of the Sun (2003),  Timbuktu (2015), Tsotsi (2005), War Dance (2007), War Witch (2012), or Zulu (1964)

PROCEDURE:

1. Before viewing the film, gather historical information about the topic. For example, if you choose "Mountains of Moon" about Exploration in Africa, it is not just about the exploits of the explorers like Sir Richard Burton about whom the film was made, but also the source of their funding. Go to the Library, there is a traveler’s account by Burton.  Try to find out as much as you can about Burton's exploits and the funding of his trips by the Royal Geographic Society.   BIBLIOGRAPHY MUST INCLUDE THREE HISTORICAL SOURCES, THE FILM, AND ONE FILM REVIEW.   Take notes so that you have a clear picture of the events in your mind.

2. What is the Historical Context of the film? Assess the historical foundation.  Gather historical information about the topic.  Begin with your textbook by reading only the pages dealing with the topic.  Choose books in the library by historians on the topic--may include biographies, autobiographies.  Using  THREE Historical Sources TEXTBOOK DOES NOT COUNT AS HISTORICAL SOURCE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT gather the historical perspective about your topic.   TAKE NOTES    CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES: THREE HISTORICAL, ONE FILM REVIEW, AND THE FILM itself.   

· I expect you to use SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM YOUR HISTORICAL SOURCES AND CITE YOUR SOURCES (CITATIONS—Choose whatever writing style used by your major Chicago Style, MLA, etc.)   direct quotations and/or ideas that are newly introduced to you

                        WHEN WRITING

1. PARAPHRASE WHAT YOU HAVE READ AND CITE THE SOURCE

· IF YOU USE THE WORDS OF SOME ONE ELSE PUT QUOTATION MARKS AROUND THEM AND CITE THE SOURCE

· MUST have Citations from Historical Sources OR Lose 15 points

· MUST have a Bibliography or lose 20 points

· BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMAT

· FORM FOR BOOKS:

Author last name first, Title (underlined or in  Italics), publisher, date published

 

· FORM FOR INTERNET SOURCES

Author (if there is one), “Title,” (in quotes), the URL, AND the Date you accessed it.

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· Lose 5 points if you use Wikipedia

 

· TURN ASSIGNMENT INTO THE TURNITIN SITE ON THE ASSIGNMENTS PAGE BY MIDNIGHT OF THE DUE DATE.

· ORIGINALITY/SIMILARITY PERCENTAGE MUST BE 20% OR BELOW.  If you submit the work on the due date, then you will need to Revise your paper to a lower percentage and submit to the REVISION:  FILM REVIEW Turnitin Portal.

 

4. Look for movie reviews. Sometimes they give you examples of what is accurate and not accurate in the film.

 

5. See the film

THE PAPER—How to Write the Paper

 

1. INTRODUCTION:  An introduction about  YOUR personal interest in the subject. Why did you choose this film?  If the answer is because it was the easiest thing to do--that is viable, don't tell me what you think that I want to hear.

 

2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE FILM:  What is the  Historical Context of the film, the historical background pertinent to the specific film that gives you the basis for critical review of the film?  Where did it take place?  When did it take place? Who was portrayed?   DID THE FILM PORTRAY THIS INFORMATION ACCURATELY?

 

3. COMPARE FIVE ITEMS that are present in BOTH the historical record and portrayed by the film.  PROVIDE THE "REAL" HISTORY WITH CITATION COMAPARE TO FILM PORTRAYAL.  Is it Accurate or Inaccurate.  Discuss them in comparative form.  Example, most people rate King George III as mentally unstable because of royal inbreeding while the explanation is similar in film the “Madness of King George,” the reason given is a chemical imbalance.   FOR EACH ITEM IN THE FILM AND IN REAL HISTORY HOW IS THE ITEM PORTRAYED?  DID THE FILM PORTRAY THIS INFORMATION ACCURATELY?

 

4. GLARING ERRORS: Please note any glaring errors in the presentation of the film from period costumes to omissions of vital facts or other historical gaffs.

 

5. CONCLUSION:  IS THIS A VEHICLE FOR ACCURATE DISSEMINATION OF AFRICAN HISTORY? Give  YOUR PERSONAL evaluation of the film  Does the film portray the events and society so that someone who had not done the research clearly and accurately understand the period.   COULD YOU WATCH THE FILM AND LEARN ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THAT THE PERIOD OF TIME AND PLACE?

THE HOW TO:

1.  You need at least One Historical Source for the Historical Time Period.  The First Point of the Analysis is to Compare the Real Time Period with that Portrayed in the Film PLUS Citation for Each Fact.

2.  Then you can CHOOSE FIVE Specific Real History/Culture Points to COMPARE:  Environment, Historical Facts if this is a Real Event, Culture for One Ethnic Group,.  Each Point of Comparison should show the Real Fact COMPARED to How it was Portrayed in the Film PLUS Citation for each fact.  

3.  Then were there any Outrageous Inconsistencies portrayed in the Film?  IF so what were they PLUS Citation for each fact. 

4.  Conclusion should talk about a film viewer who knows nothing about African History.  Would this person learn factual African History?

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