Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Introduction Vote

Introduction Vote

Group A's outline was more organized, very detailed and summarized the text in a clear and thorough manner. Group B's outline gave more definition and better understanding of phrases and ideas. However, we believe that Group A had the better outline of the Introduction. Both groups mentioned the Academy Awards and how it created an international theme incorporating foreign candidates and foreign cinema. They both also mentioned how Hollywood presents the Academy Awards as a good reason to celebrate globalism. Both groups also mentioned narrative transparency. We believe Group B gave a better understanding of what narrative transparency is, as well as its relation to Hollywood. The groups mentioned how American movies are the most popular form of entertainment around the world. Both groups mention how American companies own 40 - 90% of movies shown globally, however Group B mentions that LA and NY culture serve as an aspect of the entertainment screen around the world. Both groups also mentioned DEM and GEM, yet Group B gave a better definition of what each are.

Group A gave a much more detailed outline of the information throughout the chapter. Group A outlined more information regarding US entertainment. Group A also mentioned Hollywood being popular in other countries which resulted in their own film industries to suffer. There was more in depth analysis of revenues of the Hollywood market globally. And Bollywood (India's "Hollywood") was also mentioned which we believe is a significant aspect of the text because it shows the powerful effect that Hollywood has over the world. Therefore, our vote goes to Group A.

1 comment:

Chapter Two Blog said...

I think that both groups provided a well thought out outline of chapter one. both had plenty of information that really explain what the chapter was about. I dont think that one group was better than the other but one group did give a lot more information than the other group. Not to say that its a bad thing, but I felt like group A explained the chapter in a more detailed manner. Every section of the chapter was easily understood and I felt that group A really understood their chapter. Group A was not better than Group B but I just felt that they just gave out facts and didn't really explain what the facts were. Every time Group A stated a fact, they backed it up with a lot of information. I still think both groups did a really great job of out lining the chapter, but I just feel that I learned and understood Group A's outline.