Film and Moving Image Culture

Paper Rubric: 1) Write your THESIS: what are YOU contributing to the discussion: A) do you make a claim that can be debated? B) do you present an arguments that defend your claim? C) do you consider alternate/ opposing arguments? D) do you address and respond to those opposing arguments? 2) Discuss at least one work from class: A) do you describe plot, characters, setting, themes? i) do you relate these elements to your thesis arguments? 3) Discuss the work’s relation to Japanese society/ era of the work: A) do you describe the historical/ social/ cultural contexts? B) do you related these contexts to your thesis arguments? A) also, does your paper follow appropriate grammatical conventions? TOPIC: What do you think bodily metamorphosis means in a movie or story? What other movies or stores deal with bodily metamorphosis? What role does metamorphosis play in AKIRA? How is the nature of animation suited or not suited to deal with metamorphosis? this is the movie: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_GQV801ICcBYOGnxa27p-XnRkWsvYKk3/view?usp=sharing Another movie you can relate this to is terminator 5 sources minimum
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