Activity Objectives
This assignment is designed to support the following learning objectives:
Identify interpersonal relationships in media
Recall and summarize key concepts from course material
Organize stimuli and assign meaning to verbal and non-verbal messages in interpersonal settings
Interpret a movie or television scene in relation to interpersonal communication concepts
Apply course concepts to observed interpersonal relationships
Critique skills used by participants in relationships observed
Instructions
Instructions:
1. Select a scene from a movie, TV show, play, music,al, etc. that depicts an interpersonal relationship (friendship, family-related, romantic, etc.)
2. Find a clip of your scene and analyze it using concept, models, or tools we have learned in our course
3. Select 8 concepts, models, or tools that you recognize in the scene
4. Download the Scene Analysis Template onto your device and open it using your preferred typing software
5. Write a 6-page paper with the following components:
Your introduction should include:
A sentence that identifies the scene and what movie, TV show, play, or musical it’s from
A thesis statement that lists the 8 concepts, models, or tools you recognized
APA citations when mentioning and/or using outside sources
Each body paragraph should include:
Name the concept you identified in the scene
Define the concept (either in your own words or use the definition included in our textbook)
Write at least 4 sentences that build connections between the scene and the concept, model, or tool you recognized
APA citations when mentioning and/or using outside sources
Your conclusion should include:
A sentence that identifies the scene and what movie, TV show, play, or musical it’s from
A thesis statement that lists the 8 concepts, models, or tools you recognized
APA citations when mentioning and/or using outside sources
Your references page should include (this does not count towards your page count):
Properly formatted APA references for our textbook, your scene of choice, and 2 other academic sources that were citied throughout your paper
6. Save your paper as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf and submit to Canvas
Using the Template:
Need help using the template? Follow these instructions!
1. Open the Scene Analysis Template
2. Download it onto your computer and open it with (or upload it into) your favorite typing software
3. Leave things in sentence case (Like this) alone, but replace things in caps case (LIKE THIS) with what the caps case says should be there
*DO NOT copy and paste the template into a new document! You will lose the formatting, and that’s the whole point of the template. Download the template a type right onto it like a digital worksheet.*
Making Citations & References:
If you are struggling with references or citations, please visit OWL Perdue online. You can view their APA guide here:
OWL Perdue’s APA Formatting & Style Guide (7th Edition)
