Project 1: Sports Documentary/Biopic Film Analysis

For this assignment, you are to watch a documentary or biopic movie of your choice. 

Objectives

• Develop a nuanced understanding of individual athletes and their lives.
• Critically engage with various forms of media and analyze how athletes are portrayed using course concepts.
• Understand how sports intersect with other social categories, identities, or inequalities.
• Creatively develop your critical analyses of “real world” cultural phenomena.

Note: Evidence of plagiarism will result in an automatic 0. No arguments. Do your own work.

Find a Film

• Can’t find a film you want to watch? Check out this list from EsquireLinks to an external site. or IMDBLinks to an external site..
• Can’t find the film streaming? Try the UH library.

Instructions and Write Up Outline/Set Up

Summary: Start by providing the name, date of release, and a brief summary of the documentary or biopic (1 paragraph). Provide your reasoning for choosing the documentary or biopic.

Approach: Identify any key terms, concepts, or ideas from course content. Introduce your approach by briefly defining key terms (approach might appear in the introduction or summary paragraph).

Application: Provide the following information and questions as you compose your analysis (3-4 paragraphs). Feel free to expand beyond these questions and topics.

Note: You do not need to address these questions directly, necessarily; use them as guides to your analysis. Bold or underline the specific terms you use from our course readings to analyze the commercials. Cite to the readings when using direct quotations.

• Identify how the film focuses on pieces of the course (i.e., concepts, theories, ideas) we have covered so far. Describe and clarify the significance of each. Cite to where these pieces come from.
• Relate the concepts, theories, or ideas to facts described in the film that impressed you and explain how each fact relates to the film’s premise or theme.
• Describe an aspect of the film that showed you something you hadn’t seen before, caused you to think in a new way, or helped you understand something more thoroughly than before. In addition, describe how it changed your thinking.
• Was there anything that you saw or heard in the film that was unconvincing or which seemed out of place?

Conclusion: Wrap up and conclude your analysis (1 paragraph).

• Given the concepts and ideas you have applied, what you like to see changed about the film?

References: In a references section (not included in page count), provide citations to the movies, literature, or readings you used in your analysis. 

Submission Guidelines

On the due date, submit a write up following these guidelines:

• Three, double spaced pages written in an assigment format
• 12 pt. Times New Roman or Arial font
• 1-inch margins
• Uploaded as a Word document or PDF (Google Page files are not acceptable)
• The write up will be graded on spelling and grammar, formatting, organization, and overall quality
• Please, no cover pages