Task 1 - 6 And Assignment M4 LA4 Review

TASK 1

Complete the Following Table Analysis

Component	A Peace of Autumn	A Beautiful Silence
1. Social Function ·         to appreciate or to critic a book, movie, shows, and others.	To inform the reader that the summary explain an intellectually satisfying and emotionally resonant film and this film is a program of dramatic shorts quite nicely.	To inform the reader that the film is not a faith-based film.
2. Generic structure ·         Orientation/Introduction: Background of the text ·         Evaluation: concluding statement, opinion, recommendation. ·         Interpretative recount: summary ·         Evaluative summation: The last opinion	·         The first paragraph tells us the event and the participants Cliff (Joseph Arnone) is a suicidal war vet. Kora (Daniella Alma) is a street artist with a penchant for truth-telling and meaning. ·         The second paragraph tells about the reviewer opinion and appreciation toward this film A Peace of Autumn is an intellectually satisfying and emotionally resonant film that tackles the challenge of two quite substantial characters within the span of a short film running just over seventeen minutes in length….. ·      The last paragraph his evaluation of this film that this film will companion a program of dramatic short quite nicely	·         The first and second  paragraph tells us the experience’s writer regarding the film. It was only a ……… belief systems were being lived out within the life of the denomination. The more I grew ………. I loved the many people I'd gotten to know over the years. ·           Third paragraph tells us about orientation of the film I thought about this faith journey often while watching Steven Adam Renkovish's ………and too often finds artificial expressions of the divine experience. ·         The next paragraph is evaluating. While it may sound like A Beautiful Silence is a faith-based film, it is not a faith-based film. …………… and more like we've become observers to a journey deep within her soul. A Beautiful Silence is a refreshingly honest film, ………… at the Blackbird Film Fest and Smoky Mountain Film Festival. ·         The last paragraph tells us this film is a divine purpose behind A Beautiful Silence
3. Language features ·         Focus on specific participants, ·         using adjective, ·         complex clauses, ·         using metaphore	In the paragraph 1 it used mostly present simple and some in past tense since it tells about the summary of the story in the novel. Cliff is a suicidal war vet. Kora is a street artist with a penchant for truth-telling and meaning. When their paths cross, they change each other's life forever … Cliff and Kora Awkward, satisfying and emotionally resonant film n eye toward the awkward intimacy that exists between these two It's also easy to understand exactly what draws Kora into the situation, perhaps something within herself as both a human being and an artist - if, indeed, one can actually separate those two anyway.	·         It uses past tense in first and second paragraph It was only a year or so ago that I found myself reaching ………. within the life of the denomination. The more I grew in leadership, the more ………gotten to know over the years. ·         While it may sound like A Beautiful Silence is a faith-based film, it is not a faith-based film. ·         A Beautiful Silence is a refreshingly honest film

TASK 2

Read the movie review text entitle Round Trip, then answer the questions!

1.      C

2.      D

3.      B

4.      C

5.      A

6.      C

7.      D

8.      B

9.      C

10.  A

TASK 3

Read the following novel reviews, Identify the reviewer, the topic and the social function of each novel!

Component	Review 1 A Brotherhood of Spies	Review 2 The Map of Salt And Stars	Review 3 Warlight
Name of Reviewer	Edward Morris	Omar El Akkad	G. Robert Frazier
Topic	A thrilling dramatic narrative of the top-secret Cold War-era spy plane operation that transformed the CIA and brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union	The story of a contemporary girl's flight into exile from the Syrian civil war is deepened by the parallel tale of a 12th-century girl.	A story tells us about 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister Rachel whose parents having moved to Singapore near the end of World War I
Social Function	To tell the readers about a gripping work of narrative nonfiction. This work provides a satisfying take on a central chapter of the Cold War—a dramatic story.	To tell the readers that this beautifully nuanced debut novel and it is a good novel in any case	To tell the readers that a masterpiece of shifting memory novel briefly.

TASK 4

Component	REVIEW 1 THE MARS ROOM	Review 2 MY EX-LIFE	Review 3 MR. FLOOD'S LAST RESORT
Name of Reviewer	Alden Mudge	Harvey Freedenberg	Stephenie Harrison
Social Function	To tell the readers about a Rachel Kushner’s brilliant new novel which set in California prisons briefly.	To tell the readers about the kind of witty, sparkling, sharp novel that tells us about a fractious divorce and pressured to sell the rambling home.	To tell the readers about the spellbinding tale of a lonely caregiver and a cranky hoarder with a house full of secrets.
Generic structure ·         Orientation/Introduction: Background of the text ·         Evaluation: concluding statement, opinion, recommendation. ·         Interpretative recount: summary ·         Evaluative summation: The last opinion	The first paragraph tells us chronologies in the story. The novel’s central character is Romy Hall. We meet her as she is being transported from a Los ………..novel, but we know that because of her ineffectual lawyer, she ends up in prison for killing her stalker. Last opinion The Mars Room is a captivating and beautiful novel	Stephen McCauley’s bittersweet seventh novel gives the lie to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ……… flawed ways, to make the best of their unique circumstances. (Orientation) Most of the novel’s action unfolds in the /………… estate crisis—an impending eviction. (Evaluation) McCauley seasons the novel with a liberal …… aspects of their own lives reflected in these pages. (Summary)	Orientation What do you get when a……thriller that disarms and delights. Evaluation When Maud Drennan is ……… his property—than meets the eye. While the moldering manor house is filled with …….. spirits that haunt the halls of his home. Unique and unconventional, …. Savvy readers will question who can be trusted, as nothing—not even Maud—is as it initially seems. Last Opinion
Language features	The orientation use present simple and present perfect. The story review uses past simple but for opinion the writer use present simple.	In the paragraph 1 it used mostly present simple since it tells about the summary of the story in the novel but the next paragraph it used past. In giving opinion, the writer use present simple.	In the paragraph 1 it used mostly present simple since it tells about the summary of the story in the novel but the next paragraph it used past. In giving opinion, the writer use present simple.

Task 6

Choose one of your favorite films then write your review briefly!

            Transformers: The Last Knight is a 2017 American science fiction action film which is directed by Michael Bay based on the Transformers franchise. It is the fifth installment of the live-action Transformers film series and a sequel to 2014's Age of Extinction.

            The scene of the film starts third in the third year after the battle in Hong Kong, Transformers is declared to violate the law by all governments on Earth, where the Transformer Reaction Force (TRF) was formed from the fall of Cemetery Wind to eradicate alien robots, although more Transformers are coming constantly arrived on Earth. .

            In deep space, Optimus Prime crashed into Cybertron, discovering that the ship was heading directly to Earth. He met Quintessa, the creator of the self-proclaimed Transformer, who used Optimus's brain and changed his name to Nemesis Prime. Quintessa assigned him to return the knight of the robot knight who had stolen from him. he revealed, that the earth was actually Cybertron's ancient enemy Unicron, and he intended to deplete his life force by using knights, so that Cybertron could be restored.

            TRF members and former Autobot allies William Lennox moderated the agreement between TRF and Megatron so he could find Cade and recover his talisman. Instead, Megatron demanded the release of Decepticons members, including Nitro Zeus, Dreadbot, Mohawk, and Onslaught. Megatron and TRF found Cade, his co-workers Jimmy, Izabella, Sqweeks, and the Autobots thanks to a tracking device planted in Bumblebee while fighting in Chicago. They fled to an abandoned city where they found a Bumblebee tracking device.

            After escaping from TRF, Barricade, and the police (causing many car accidents along the way), Cade, Viviane, Bumblebee, and Cogman followed the instructions left by Viviane's father and brought to the HMS Alliance museum (after Burton closed the attraction and drove out tourists ) to the sea to find ships sinking Cybertronian Knights while TRF chases them with their own submarines.

            Before Optimus can kill Bumblebee, the Autobot finally speaks, freeing Optimus from the control of Quintessa. Megatron, who was found to have conspired with Quintessa and was unhappy with Optimus' failure, arrived to steal the bodyguard and escape while the Knight attacked Optimus for his alleged betrayal.

            The Autobots arrive to join the fight with TRF, Cade, Viviane, Izabella, and Sqweeks, landing on Cybertron and fighting against Megatron and Quintessa antagonists, Infernocons. Defeating their enemies with the help of Knights as dragons, the Autobots reach the room where the staff and Quintessa are. Optimus defeated Megatron by kicking it through the wall of the Ignition Room, sending it flying to Earth, while Bumblebee killed Nitro Zeus. Together, Optimus and Bumblebee seem to kill Quintessa. Viviane removes her bodyguard, stopping the destruction of Earthtron on Earth but allowing the two worlds to connect. Optimus states that humans and Transformers must now work together to rebuild their world, and send messages that call the remaining Autobots to return home.

            I followed the sequel to this film from the first. As usual, this film shows the extraordinary quality of the graphics that makes us fascinated with every scene in this film. In addition, the storyline that always presents new characters in each film makes this storyline very interesting. But of course for those who have watched films from the previous series.

            Lovers of science fiction films must not miss this film because of the story line with the sophistication of graphics that make our eyes wide open. This film must be watched.

Assignments

1.      Compare these reviews carefully then find the similarities and differences between these two different reviews of the same movie

Aspect	Review 1	Review 2
Similarities	Haphephobia is an unusual anxiety disorder, characterized by an intense fear of being touched. It’s fair to say that many people find the idea of being touched by strangers or being touched without consent quite uncomfortable anyway. Usually, this disorder is the result of experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event that involved being touched in some way. The individual who suffers from it may not remember the exact event that triggered the phobia, particularly if they were very young at the time, but they can still come across as extremely difficult to strangers and loved ones who do not understand the illness. Thankfully there are a number of techniques used by psychologists and Doctors in order to successfully treat the problem. Haphephobia was certainly a disorder I was unaware of, that is, until I saw writer/director Dev Seth’s fifteen-minute debut film Nicola: A Touching Story in which the illness plays a huge part. Opening with a number of atmospheric edits of cityscapes, drone shots, and the British suburbs, we are left in no doubt something just isn’t quite right. Is the film a thriller or a drama? Seth’s flashy editing techniques during the opening salvo kept us guessing. A young couple, Leon and Nicola, have been having dinner with friends to celebrate their nuptials and their new home when, as the guests are leaving, the realise Nicola ishiding upstairs in the bedroom. After being gently coaxed down by her husband Leon, Nicola says her goodbyes but then goes on to react quite violently to being hugged by their mutual friend. It’s an important moment that is the catalyst for the rest of the film and it needs to be sold. Thankfully, Amelia Eve (playing the suffering Nicola) is up for the challenge. She sells the moment brilliantly and, from then on, we totally believe that her troubles are very real indeed. She is helped by Peter Svatik who plays her husband Leon. Svatik is a dashing, impressive presence who manages to anchor the emotional weight of the film. He is certainly up to no good when he makes his cheeky mobile phone calls but he also certainly loves his wife. Svatik manages to portray the character, who has a secret, both caring and seedy with aplomb and our loyalties to him are tested throughout the film. As Leon leaves for work, Nicola is left on her own when, at the door, a stranger knocks. He convinces Nicola that he has come to fix the boiler, however, neither Nicola or Leon have arranged this and our intruder precedes to terrorise Nicola for the remainder of the film. Sam Dunning is extremely menacing in this role; switching from chirpy cockney to tormentor in chief in an instant. It’s a strong performance and one I would have loved to have seen more of.  Considering the small and limited locations of the film, cinematographer James Martini manages to do a fine job of creating a sense of confusion and space with some of his shot choices. Meanwhile, the soundtrack composed by Stewart Dugdale remained consistently haunting throughout.	The short film takes place in the home of newly married couple Leon (Peter Svatik) and Nicola (Amelia Eve). Leon has invited his friends Ryan (Ryan Graham) and Nadya (Nadezda Maksimenko) to their new home and the film opens with the three friends getting along well, happy and enjoying their evening. However while they’re all having a good time, Nicola is in another part of the house alone. As Ryan and Nadya are leaving they wait to say goodbye to Nicola who returns acting fidgety, anxious and avoiding eye contact with the couple. Ryan goes to hug Nicola, thinking that this is the right course of action when interacting with someone who is upset, but she pushes him away and runs off. This causes Ryan and Nadya’s suspicions to increase as they are very concerned by Nicola’s strange and unexplained behaviour. A few days after this intense evening a conversation between Nicola and Leon reveals to the viewer that Nicola is in fact suffering from a rare phobia called haphephobia. Haphephobia is the fear of touching or being touched and the short film highlights the impacts this phobia is having on Nicola’s life, especially on her relationship with Leon. After this conversation between the couple, Nicola is alone at home when an intruder Michael (Sam Dunning) who pretends to be there to look at their boiler enters her home and begins terrorising her. What follows is a tense encounter which climaxes with a revelation about the root of Nicola’s trauma and a breakthrough.
Differences	Overall Nicola: A Touching Story is an unusual but decent film focusing on an aberrantillness and because of the educational value alone, I am happy to recommend it. It is a fine debut film from Dev Seth who has the talent to go on and make many more interesting projects and I will look forward to seeing what he comes up with next.	Overall, NICOLA – A Touching Story is a well-acted and intriguing short film which explores an important subject within an intense and gripping story.

2.      Read This Review and write your analysis on Social function, generic structure and language features about the review. Complete the table below!

Component analysis	Meaning	Evidence
Social Function	To tell the readers about a film dealing with the subject of Alzheimer's.	It's not often that the word romantic can be used when viewing a film dealing with the subject of Alzheimer's, Errol Flynn inter-mixed with his equally challenging diagnosis of Alzheimer's
Generic Structure	1.      The first paragraph as the orientation, it tells the background of the review, 2.      The second one is chronology of the film 3.      The next paragraph is summary / interpretative recount 4.      The last opinion	It's not often that the word romantic can be used when viewing a film dealing with the subject of Alzheimer's, but such is the case with Belgian director Pierre van de Kerckhove's no-budget 15-minute short film Alzhaimour, an endearing and warm-hearted short currently experience tremendous success on the film festival circuit.  Alzhaimour stars Brigitte Louveaux as Louise, a 68-year-old woman living in a nursing home with Alzheimer's Disease, her only human contact being fellow residents, kindly staff and the occasional visit from her otherwise distracted son, Daniel. Then, Leo arrives. Played by Yves Jadoul, the 82-year-old Leo arrives at the nursing home with a dash of Errol Flynn inter-mixed with his equally challenging diagnosis of Alzheimer's. For Louise, however, Leo sparks something special inside and about the time Daniel arrives for a visit he ends up getting much more than he ever bargained for. Winner of at least 26 awards during its first 3 months on the film festival circuit, Alzhaimour is an intelligent and inspired love story, a sweet and sentimental little short film that will hold your interest from beginning to end and likely have you dancing in your own seat thanks to the energized, electrified musical accompaniment.  While films about Alzheimer's are often viewed through the lens of tragedy, Alzhaimour is actually about two people who have Alzheimer's and it's definitely a love story.  The film benefits from two terrific performances from its co-leads. Brigitte Louveaux is a quiet, understated joy as Louise, a woman who seems to soak up every ounce of love and affection she can find and whose entire physical being changes when Leo begins to pay her more than a little attention.  Yves Jadoul, whom the director noted had recently passed away, leaves behind a legacy that is quite beautiful and a performance here that is spry, fun, lively and immensely loving. Alzhaimour is a refreshingly human look at a disease that can so often be dehumanizing. This film is a joy
Language features	In the paragraph 1 it used mostly present simple since it tells about the summary of the story in the novel but the next paragraph it used past. In giving opinion, the writer use present simple.	It's not often that the word romantic can be used when viewing a film dealing with the subject of Alzheimer's, Errol Flynn inter-mixed with his equally challenging diagnosis of Alzheimer's. Played by Yves Jadoul, the 82-year-old Leo arrives at the nursing home with a dash of Errol Flynn inter-mixed with his equally challenging diagnosis of Alzheimer's. For Louise, however, Leo sparks something special inside and about the time Daniel arrives for a visit he ends up getting much more than he ever bargained for. Yves Jadoul, whom the director noted had recently passed away, leaves behind a legacy that is quite beautiful and a performance here that is spry, fun, lively and immensely loving. Alzhaimour is a refreshingly human look at a disease that can so often be dehumanizing. This film is a joy