Dr. Hall
Movie Analysis Rubric
Movie Analysis: Write a 750-1000 word essay analyzing documentary films Death by Design
(2016) and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018), both available to rent online for minimal
cost (also see: com/movies/534751/death-by-design“>https://tubitv.com/movies/534751/death-by-design And
http://sohstream.csudh.edu/jehall/anthropocene.mp4). Briefly summarize each film and compare
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topics expressed in each film in a more detailed interpretation and discussion. Select two
additional scholarly works to support your arguments, such as books or peer reviewed articles.
Essay must be typed, double spaced, 1” margin all around, Times New Roman, and 12-point
font. Cite your sources using APA formatting
(https://libguides.csudh.edu/ld.php?content_id=52097964). Upload to Blackboard in a timely
manner. Due Date: Tuesday, October 12
References: Sources used for “Reference” section must be scholarly publications such as books
and peer reviewed articles published in a newspaper, book or journal. Online access to scholarly
publications is available through the CSUDH online library page. You may use the lectures or
online sources in addition to scholarly articles. Make sure to include the films themselves in
addition to 2 outside references for a total of 4 minimum.
Movie Analysis Rubric
3 Length (750-1000 words)
2 Reference both documentary films
4 Interpretation and Discussion (see below)
2 Include at least two supporting references (direct quote, paraphrase, data)
3 Evaluate significance of films to cultural understanding of pollution and climate change
1 Document Format (follow all instructions)
4 Cite your sources using APA formatting with reference section
1 Upload to Blackboard in timely manner
While viewing the films consider the following questions, but do not answer them directly in
your paper:
1) Consider the significance of films to our understanding of pollution and consumerism or
environment versus economy?
2) What do you think of in regard to your own life experience when watching these film? How
do they make you feel?
3) What did you learn by watching this film? Is there anything in this film that you do not agree
with or that you find controversial? Do not tell me what you think I want to hear or might agree
with. Truly take the time to express your own ideas and opinions.
4) You can quote directly, paraphrase, or cite statistics or data from different sources. Make sure
you have at least 4 sources of information, 2 from scholarly articles and the 2 films themselves.
5) How do the two films compare to one another? What do other scholarly books and/or articles
have to say about the themes talked about in these films? How to they support or conflict with
what was portrayed in the films?
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