Movie Response 1
Movie Response 1 (50 points): This first essay is a response to Food, Inc. and Fed Up!, should be between 2 and 4 pages long, and must be submitted to Moodle. Your responses should answer the questions listed in the rubric, demonstrate media literacy, critique the movies and offer suggestions for how their messages could be improved, and integrate knowledge you gained from class discussion, lectures, or other movies. This essay should also demonstrate that you took notes while we watched the movies in-class and that you participated in the in-class discussions we had about the movies.
1. What are the main points/arguments/theses of each movie?
What are these movies about? What are the major and minor themes of the movies? In other words, why were these movies made?
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2. Are the movies’ main points primarily made using facts/data or personal anecdotes?
Which type of supporting evidence is most appropriate?
Facts/data may be most appropriate for one movie, while personal anecdotes might be most appropriate for the other
Is the main supporting evidence believable in both movies? Is the evidence easy to understand?
Is the supporting evidence used fairly in both movies? Could the evidence have been manipulated in some way, to emphasize one way of interpreting it over another?
Pick a single piece of evidence from each movie, then explain how there might be at least one other way to interpret it besides the interpretation seen in the movie
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3. Who is the intended audience of each movie?
Identify the audiences’ ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, education, geography, etc.
No health message is created for “anyone and everyone,” so DO NOT provide that as your answer (doing so will lose you all points for this question)
What about the movies helps you identify their intended audiences?
Are you a member of the target audiences? Is either movie successful at reaching you?
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4. What effect did the creators of these movies intend for people to have?
For example, do they
1. What are the main points/arguments/theses of each movie?
What are these movies about? What are the major and minor themes of the movies? In other words, why were these movies made?
/ 3
2. Are the movies’ main points primarily made using facts/data or personal anecdotes?
Which type of supporting evidence is most appropriate?
Facts/data may be most appropriate for one movie, while personal anecdotes might be most appropriate for the other
Is the main supporting evidence believable in both movies? Is the evidence easy to understand?
Is the supporting evidence used fairly in both movies? Could the evidence have been manipulated in some way, to emphasize one way of interpreting it over another?
Pick a single piece of evidence from each movie, then explain how there might be at least one other way to interpret it besides the interpretation seen in the movie
/ 4
3. Who is the intended audience of each movie?
Identify the audiences’ ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, education, geography, etc.
No health message is created for “anyone and everyone,” so DO NOT provide that as your answer (doing so will lose you all points for this question)
What about the movies helps you identify their intended audiences?
Are you a member of the target audiences? Is either movie successful at reaching you?
/ 3.5
4. What effect did the creators of these movies intend for people to have?
For example, do they