Part I: Entertainment Critic
In the first part of your paper,
- Evaluate the film as a critic from an entertainment perspective using the following three topics:
- Topic: Evaluating
- Identify what the film is trying to say.
- Explain how well the film says what it is trying to say.
- Explain, in your opinion, if it is worth saying.
- Topic: Storytelling
- Discuss both narrative and literary concepts listed in the text.
- Discuss the common character archetypes represented in the film using Table 2.3: Archetypes in Film from Reading 2.5 in the textbook.
- Topic: Analyzing
- Choose an analysis approach (i.e., formalist, dualist, or generic).
- Provide a one-paragraph analysis of the film using this approach.
- Topic: Evaluating
Part 2: Business Lens
In the second part of your paper,
- Analyze business concepts in the film.
- Consider the theme of the film, and choose three of the following four themes to discuss: management, leadership, ethics, or entrepreneurship. Address three of the following:
- Identify leadership traits portrayed in the film (charismatic, transactional, transformational).
- Identify management concepts portrayed in the film.
- Refer to the Management Concepts and Terms (Links to an external site.) document for support.
- Identify ethical dilemmas in the film.
- Justify decisions made by characters based on moral standards and ethics.
- Identify entrepreneurship concepts portrayed in the film
- Discuss different business types, steps to starting a business, or products versus services.
- Consider the theme of the film, and choose three of the following four themes to discuss: management, leadership, ethics, or entrepreneurship. Address three of the following:
Part 3: Conclusion
For your conclusion,
- Explain how your review differed between Part 1: Entertainment Critic and Part 2: Business Lens.
- Consider business success and failures portrayed in the film.
- What are some of the key takeaways that can be used in your business or career?
Here are some Writing Center resources for organizing your paper:
- Body Paragraphs (Links to an external site.)
- Integrating Research (Links to an external site.)
- Academic Voice
- Must be six to seven double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource.
Must use at least four credible sources in addition to the course text.
