very very rough draft

Ariel Knight

Film Evaluation: 2001: A Space Odyssey

12-2-09

2001: A Space Odyssey is a film directed by Stanley Kubrick and was released in the United States on April 6^th, 1968. It had received 10 awards such as the Golden Laurel Award, the KCFCC Award for Best Film and Best Director in 1969, and the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, the David award for Best Foreign Production, the CEC Award for Best Foreign Film and BAFTA Film Award for Best Soundtrack, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction in 1969. It was also nominated for another 6, including some such as the BAFTA Film Award for Best Film and the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. The film, also called just 2001, was written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke and was very controversial for its time.

SUMMARY OF FILM…(not in my point of view)

Critic’s opinion on the film when it first came out…

The overall reviews of the movie are still as they were when it first came out, people either loved the movie, thinking it was the greatest film of all time, or they hated it. After watching the movie for the first time in class, I had already made a mind set that I did not like the movie at all and was not going to give it a second chance. During class we watched roughly the first half hour of the film. My first general reaction to the film was that it was boring and pointless. I had no interest in watching the rest of the movie and as dreading writing a whole paper on it. To me, the music was very repetitive and I was lost within the first ten minutes. There was no conversation and I thought the apes were not convincing. The plot was boring and it was hard to follow the story line when there was finally conversation. I am a huge sci-fi fanatic and I was excited that we were watching a space movie, and was disappointed when I thought the movie was turning out to be a bust. Even with my teacher and my father backing the movie, saying it was one of the greatest movies of all time, I still had my doubts. MY NEW POINT OF VIEW…

Interview with Lynnell Knight, a fan of the movie…

Conclusion…

compiling a prtfolio

Well, to be perfectly honest, I did not really follow this blog entry. This blog is about the reading in the Norton Field Guide chapter 27 "Compiling a Portfolio", pages 224-236. It started out with the basics, what is the purpose? Who is your audience? what genre to do, what is your stance? and what is the media or design going to be? Then it jumped right in to "Writing a Portfolio". I like how it laid it out for us, giving us ideas fo what you might include in your portfolio. Things like outlines, drafts, writing assignments, tests, quizzes and reflections of your work. One of the things that I thought was interesting was the differences between paper portfolios and online portfolios. I personally think that an online portfolio would best fit me. I'm not going to lie, the next part of the hapter was a sample of a self-assessment, and I did my best to read it, but ended up scanning over it. The chapter wraps up with "Reflecting on your literacy portfolio", why is basically self explanatory.