University of Maryland Important Life Lessons in the Finding Nemo Film Discussion

I’m working on a writing question and need a sample draft to help me study.

Watch the video, “How to Find a Theme,” which demonstrates how film can be analyzed in the same way as a short story. In the context of this course, both are texts—works that we can analyze and from which we try to interpret meaning.

For this discussion, choose a film and post what you believe is its overarching theme or themes.

• Explain why this theme seems significant.
• Provide examples or moments from the movie that demonstrate the theme.
• Provide the MLA citation for the film. List films by their title. Include the name of the director, the film studio or distributor, and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director’s name.

Here’s how the film Speed Racer would appear in a list of Works Cited:

Speed Racer. Directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly

Wachowski, performances by Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Elia, Susan

Sarandon, Ariel Winter, and John Goodman, Warner Brothers, 2008.

• Respond to two peers. What did you learn from reading their posts?

Initial post due by 11:30 p.m. eastern on the fourth day of Week 5, Saturday, April 17; responses to peers due by 11:30 p.m. on the seventh day of Week 5, Tuesday, April 20.