For the first step in your Communication Project choose one of the following movies to analyze.
- Juno (2007)
- I Am Sam (2001)
- 21 (2008)
- The Kite Runner (2007)
- Crash (2004)
For plot summaries of films, see the Internet Movie Database at https://www.imdb.com. If you wish to suggest a different film, please present your idea to your instructor for approval immediately.
Once you selected your film, write a paragraph to your instructor indicating your choice. Explain in a few sentences why your choice interests you and what two areas of communication you will analyze. Close with a few sentences in which you anticipate some things you might learn about communication in this project.
For your communication project you will write a 2-3 page movie analysis where you analyze communication that takes place between characters in a movie. In your analysis you must address two of the following areas of communication:
Relationships:
- Stages of Relational Development
- Relational Dialectics
- Attraction Theory
- Exchange Theory (cost/reward)
- Life-cycle of relationships (beginning, maintaining, ending)
- Relationship Rules Theory