SAS 004: Water in Popular Culture


Movie Logs:

Each week you will be given a 2-page "movie log" for you to fill out during the movie and then at home while you do the associated reading assignment. No collaboration is permitted. Make notes on the log or a piece of paper during the movie. Then, organize your answers and write them on the front of the log later on so it is legible and well thought out. Answer the questions on the back of the log as you do the reading. If necessary, you can download a clean movie log below, from any week's web page linked through the syllabus, or from Smart Site. They are available in a generic PDF format as well as the original format they were created in, in case you want to type them up so you can save them on your computer.

Logs are due at the beginning of class, so you may want to bring a second copy for yourself for the class discussion. Each log will be worth 10 points and will be graded on the basis of coherence of your reasoning only, regardless of what your beliefs are. Movie logs turned in after 5:15 pm during class will receive a 2-pt deduction, after 5:30 pm another 1-pt, and after class another 2-pt deduction.

There are two different types of movie logs. One type is called a "Double-entry log". For this type, there are two columns on the page. The left column usually requires you to identify something shown in the movie. The right column usually requires you to provide your perspective on the item you list in the left column. A minimum of 4 rows of entries is required for your double-entry log. If you need more space, use the back of the page.

The second type of movie log is a "word chart". When you do word charting, the goal is to identify the causes and consequences of a problem. In the center of the word chart is the key word or phrase. Above that are boxes with arrows leading into it. The arrows mean that the boxes represent things that *cause* the key phrase. Each of those boxes has a title phrase to categorize it. You are supposed to identify individual examples of each category, with a minimum of 3 items per box. Similarly, the arrows below the key phrase indicate that the phrase in turn impacts other categories of things. You need to itemize examples of those as well. For example, consider the word chart for "The River". The key phrase was "River Flood". Above that was "Societal Factors". So you need to identify societal factors that *cause* floods. To do that, you might find some ideas from the movie or from the reading. If those are insufficient, try going onto your favorite web search site and type "societal factors causing floods". That will give you plenty of ideas of examples of such factors. Note that "Environmental Impacts" are consequences that affect the totality of surroundings outside of the human experience. Anything human-centric could not be considered an environmental impact. For example, crops destroyed by a flood would be a socio-economic impact, not an environmental impact. It is ok to use phrases or bulleted lists on the word chart.

Both types of movie logs have a front and back side (or 2 pages, depending on how they are printed). The back side of a movie log contains 1-2 questions about the reading. You should read the questions and have them in your mind as you are doing the reading. Provide your own brief answer to each question based on what you glen out of the reading.

Here are all the movie logs for the class:
1. Chinatown Word Charting Log in MS Powerpoint format or PDF format
2. The River Word Charting Log in Powerpoint format or PDF format
3. A Civil Action Word Charting Log in PowerPoint format or PDF format
4. Into The Wild Word Charting Log in PowerPoint format or PDF format
5. Aguirre, Wrath of God Crisis management Double-entry Log in MS Word format or PDF format
6. Even The Rain Word Charting in MS PowerPoint format or PDF format
7. The Fast Runner Adversity Double-Entry Log in MS Word format or PDF format
8. The Endless Summer Word Charting Log in MS Powerpoint format or PDF format
9. Day After Tomorrow Scientific Conjecture Double-Entry Log in MS Word format or PDF format