General Education Capstone Course
Event Details and Guideline Form

Event title: “View a Foreign Film at a Film Series or Movie Theatre”

General Education category event should be listed under:  Humanities

SCC competency addressed by event:

• HUM: Articulate an informed response to popular or classical works in the humanities.

Guidelines for accomplishment of event:

1.  Attend the showing of an *approved foreign film at a film series event or movie theatre.
   
   * Approved films will include those shown as part of a college or university film series, the St. Louis International Film Festival, and most foreign films shown at the Landmark theatres.  Students should consult the COL 299 Web site for information on recommended films.
2. After viewing the film students should consult the Internet Movie Data Base Web site [www.imdb.com] for further information needed to answer questions B and C below.
3. Answer the following questions in a 2-3 page essay:

1. What film did you see, and where?
2. Who is the director of this film?  Where was s/he born, and in what year?  Name two other films made by this director.
3. Read at least two reviews of the film on the Internet Movie Data Base Web site. (The link for this will be “external reviews” on the left side of the screen.  The reviews by Roger Ebert and James Berardinelli are usually dependable.)  Please note which reviews you read.  Do you agree or disagree with the opinion of the reviewer(s)?
4. Films depict daily-life culture in a wide variety of settings. What nationalities and/or cultures were depicted in this film?  In what time period was it set?  Were the people depicted in this film, wealthy, middle-class or poor?  Do you think they were typical of their culture?  Detail the relationships among the main characters.
5. Who was the one character who impressed you the most?  Why?
6. Do you think that this movie could have or could not have taken place in another country/region?  Why or why not? 
7. Do you think that this movie would have been different if it had been produced in the United States?   How?  Would the ending have been different?
8. What are the universal themes depicted in this film that are not restricted to time and place?

Contact information available on the SCC Sophomore Portfolio (Capstone) Web site:
http://www.stchas.edu/divisions/ah/capstone/COL299.shtml

Internet Movie Data Base: http://www.imdb.com/
SCC Projections International Film Series: http://www.stchas.edu/events/projections.shtml
Landmark Theatres: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/St.Louis/St.Louis_Frameset.htm
St. Louis International Film Festival: http://cinemastlouis.org/
Webster University Film Series: http://www.webster.edu/filmseries/current.html

Contact information available on the SCC Sophomore Portfolio (Capstone) Web site:
http://www.stchas.edu/divisions/ah/capstone/COL299.shtml

FOR FACULTY USE ONLY:
Did essay fulfill SCC competency? □ YES                         □ NO                        □ PARTIALLY
Did essay fulfill event guidelines? □ YES                           □ NO                        □ PARTIALLY