Select one Movie View the movie
• Make a list of 3 important ideas discussed in the movie or music video Select a topic.
o Select a topic: (Example Topic: Power, Gender and Sexual
Harassment: A Rhetorical Analysis of Girls Like You” by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B.
Please review the sample Speech 2 Outline below
• Please review the sample Speech 2 PowerPoint
• Cite your movie 3 sources in APA format
• Create an outline for your Speech 2 project
1. OUTLINE – 30 POINTS –
Please answer at least six of the bold questions below. Use them to help analyze your “movie”
Who is the “target audience”? What is their age, ethnicity, class,
profession, interests, etc.?
What words, images or sounds suggest this?
What is the “text” of the message? (What we actually – see and/or hear: written or spoken words, photos, drawings, logos, design, music, sounds, etc.)
Who created the message?
What is the “subtext” of the message? (What do you think is the hidden or unstated meaning?)
What rhetorical appeals are used? (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)
What positive and negative messages are presented?
What part of the story is not being told?
What groups of people does this message empower?
What groups does it disempower?
How does this serve the media maker’s interests?
How and where could you get more information about the untold stories?
Why is it important for us to understand this message today?
How is it relevant to you as a person and to the audience?
Why should we care
MOVIE OPTIONS
1. American Psycho (2000)
2. Belle (2013)
3. The First Purge Trailer (2018)
4. Get Out (2017)
5. Black Panther (2018)
6. And the Band Played On (1993)
7. The Namesake (2006)
8. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
9. Real Women Have Curves (2002)
10. The Walkout (2006)
11. Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
12. US (2019)
13. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
14. Remember the Titans (2000)