Welcome to ENG 2300: Film Analysis!

This class is designed as a hybrid course, meaning that part of the required work will be completed in class and part will be completed online. Most of the online work will be submitted via a blog that you create and maintain throughout the semester.

For your first blog assignment, you will set up your blog and write your first post (300 words minimum) by midnight on Friday, January 14th.

Step 1: Create a Blogger Account if you do not already have one and create a new blog for this class.

Step 2: Name your Blog. You can be as creative as you want with the title, but for grading purposes the first part of your blog's name MUST include your first and last name. (Ex: Lauren Glenn's Fantastic Film Forum)

Step 3: Create Two TABS: (1) Screening Notes (2) Description of Blog

(You do this by going to "Design," Click "Add a Gadget" and choose "Pages." You add new pages by clicking on "New Post," and then on "Edit Pages" and "Add New Page."

Step 4: Your Home Page will be where you post your Blog Assignments.

Step 5: Under your "Blog Entries" tab, post your first blog entry (which will be graded pass/fail). Find a film REVIEW about Full Metal Jacket. Post a link to the review. Analyze the usefulness of the review -- Does it only provide a plot synopsis? Does the writing make you want to see the movie? Is it critical of the film's STYLE (the visual aspects and/or the narrative plot design)? Finally, does the review indicate that the reviewer is "literate" in the visual literacy of movies?