07a-Hays Code Individual Responses

In class on Feb 14th, re-read, discuss, and write collaboratively on the Lord-Quigley proposal.  I will divide the class into four or five groups.  Each group will read one section of the Lord-Quigley code and summarize its larger and subsidiary points.  There will be an individual and group component of this assignment: 

  • After meeting in groups to discuss the section of the code you have chosen (see the list below) as well as how to divide up your coverage, each individual in the group should post their component of the group report on the blog–as well as their individual response to the code as a whole.  For these individual responses, use your own account on WordPress when posting and check Hays Code-Individual Responses (under assignments) and your name (under people).   
  • Then your group should meet again to plan how you will pull these posts together in a group report and one or more members of the group should post a coherent group report on the blog.   In putting together the group report, the best option is to use one of your group members’ existing accounts but make sure to check group 1-5 (under people) as well as Hays Code-Group Report (under assignments).  (Note:  you can create and sign in with a new account–with a shared password–for your group reports but this option adds an additional level of complexity (registering on WordPress with a new group user name and non-GMU email address) and is therefore not the best option.  Also note, if you do choose this option, remember to tell me so I can give the new user name write privledges on the blog.)   

In your group, discuss your response to the proposal including any disagreements you had on the value of the code and any thoughts you had on its application to Scarface.  This exercise requires you to place Lord and Quigley’s individual points in larger structure or set of assumptions you distill from the details of the code.  You can use bullets or an outline for the subsidiary points.  I will divide up the class as follows:     

  • Group I, assumptions about film and entertainment, pp. 302-4
  • Group II, general principles, p. 305
  • Group III, general principles, p. 305
  • Group IV, particular applications, pp. 306-8
  • Group V, particular applications, pp. 306-8

Do not use the Leave a Reply box below but the New Post link in the blue area at the top of the page. Also remember to check your group or individual name (under People) and Hays Code Individual Response or Group Report (under Assignments) in the category boxes to the right of the posting area.  

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