After doing all of the essential activities for Week 1 (see below), answer the following questions. Write a fully developed paragraph (topic sentence, supporting sentences with thorough evidence, concluding sentence) for each group of questions (3 paragraphs total).1. What was your initial reaction when you learned we would be watchingThe Big Lebowski? Is this the type of film you normally enjoy, or did you dread this assignment? After watching the film, what was your reaction? Did you like it? Love it? Hate it? What were the characteristics of the film that evoked this reaction? If you hated this movie, was there anything at all that you could take away or learn just from the experience of watching it?2. In our OER textbookMoving Pictures,Sharman writes that a" theme...[is] an idea that unifies every element of the work, gives it coherence and communicates what the work isreallyabout."Can you identify the theme ofThe Big Lebowski?What is this film really about? [Hint: it's not really about bowling, and it's not really about a rug.] Give plenty of evidence from the film to support your conclusion.
3. You were asked to watch a film from a genre you typically don't enjoy. What genre and film did you choose? Give us a one-sentence synopsis of the film. Which elements of film discussed in Chapter 2 ofMoving Picturesdid you notice while watching the film? Tell us two negative criticisms of the film and two things that the filmmaker got right.
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