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Activity 2 Story Reporting

Follow the steps below to understand how to create a good report

Step 1 Step 4
While you watch the movie, pay Develop your thesis statement. A thesis
attention to themes, things that stand topic for your movie report will look
out such as colors, music, or certain something like this: The is a great
characters. Take notes. movie telling about a man who is
falling in love with a girl.
Step 2
Go over your notes and try to see how Step 5
those things are connected. Try to Back up your thesis statement using
think about the character, what three or four reasons to support your
he/she wears, how he/she speaks and arguments.
acts, and the way others speak to
him/her.
Step 6
Step 3 Refer to your thesis statement for your
After making some notes on a closing. Show how the movie fits
character, try to understand the society and how the lesson learnt
context of that character. What are makes us understand ourselves better.
some symbolic scenes or images in the
movie?
Adapted from: https://classroom.synonym.com/write-film-
report-4824.html
See the example of the simple report below. This report was made based on the short movie “The
Art of Love”.

Theme(s) Love
Favourite main character
Character(s)
Symbolic
the scenes where the main character suddenly had a personality change
Scenes/ after he met a girl that he liked
images
Thesis The short movie is great.
Statement

Reflection Love can change one’s personality.

“The Art of Love” Movie Report

The Art of Love is a good movie because there are many interesting aspects about love
theme in there. Besides offering crisp music, beautiful graphic, and colour grading, this
movie also has an astonishing main character. He was a tall young man wearing glasses
that loved photography and always did everything neatly. The movie begun with his morning
routine showing how he did everything in a good sequence. However, he suddenly had a
personality change after he met a girl that he liked. He met the girl in the park where he
usually did his hobby, taking pictures of people. The scenes showing how he changed after
meeting the girl he liked were basically my favourite parts. They showed how the man who
looked usually calm and relax in doing things could turn into the man who was in hurry
and impatient in doing things. The reason was actually just to meet the girl in the park
again and again. Reflecting the scenes to my own experience, I begin to think that love
actually can change one’s personality. This short movie is great.

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