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HUMN 100 University of Maryland Global Campus Cultural Experience Report

 

Instructions
For your report, choose one virtual venue from this pre-approved list that most interests you.  If your choice below has both a website and a video, make sure you examine both. 

Please watch the entire performance or thoroughly explore the venue you choose.  

THEATER PLAY 

Shakespeare  

The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
https://youtu.be/BWPftxsBPz0

NEW MA by Dora Dee Hunter
https://youtu.be/tT5-Ra6filk 

Watch a full performance of one of the plays on this list of full length plays available on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4UvHdqgzgxyW8nqcnS5NU1FhIkL3NRyC 

Watch a full performance of a Broadway musical that is available for streaming on various paid services. A list is available here: https://www.playbill.com/article/15-broadway-plays-and-musicals-you-can-watch-on-stage-from-home 

POETRY OR BOOK READING, AUTHOR EVENT, OR SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE 

Author interviews 

Poetry Readings

Poetry Festivals, Slams and Spoken Word 

FILM COMMENTARY BY A DIRECTOR OR CINEMA EXPERT 

Watch an entire DVD/Blue Ray film with the “audio commentary” special feature as long as the commentary is by or includes the director or a film historian/expert, not just the actors/actresses or commercial film critics. 

Examples of a few films on DVD/Blue Ray with director’s commentary: 

  • Get Out, commentary by Jordan Peele 
  • Lord of the Rings films, commentary by Peter Jackson 
  • Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, commentary by Martin Scorsese 
  • Pan’s Labyrinth, commentary by Guillermo Del Toro  
  • Das Boot, commentary by Stephen Spielberg 
  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets, commentary by Jon Turteltaub  

A list of older films with DVD/Audio commentary is available here, just make sure you are listening to directors and film experts: http://www.ratethatcommentary.com/top100.php 

Listen to a director’s commentary on a film on this podcast: Watching With…..by NetFlix: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id146422555

Restrictions: 

Write a report after you have explored or viewed the online resource. 

Your report should include the following information. Include photos or links that help convey the information. As always, be sure to document all sources you consult in preparing your work. This includes any learning resources from the class, or information from the websites that informed you about the particular item you explored. 

  • Name and location of event or name and director of the film, writer’s name etc. If there is on-line information about what you viewed, be sure to include a link to it within the text of your essay in an appropriate place.  
  • Type of event. For example is it a film, ritual, service, ceremony, poetry reading, festival, author interview etc. Make sure to include the name of the authors, directors, producers, speakers, author of your favorite poem (if poetry festival or event).  
  • Briefly describe the general setting by talking a bit about the location (you can research the location online) and the general overall “vibe” of the place or places viewed. 
  • Describe at least one aspect of what you viewed that you found especially interesting. For example, you might write about the different ways the same ritual is conducted by different groups, a poem you really liked from the reading or poetry festival, something an author or direct said that really struck you. Explain what impressed or affected you, and why. Your reaction can be positive or negative, as long as you offer an explanation. 
  • Identify and use at least two tools, concepts or methods that you have learned about in this class in the Learning Resources to talk about your viewing. For example, if you view a director’s commentary, you might point out what the director says about lighting or the set, or if you view to a ritual, talk about the myth the ritual is based on, or if you watch a spoken word or poetry reading, you can talk about specific literary language or imagery. Make sure you are explicit in identifying the tools/concept/methods you are using and the specific learning resources they come from. Be sure to inform the reader about the tool/concept/method through a quote or paraphrase from the learning resource. Then, make sure to tell the reader how you interpret and/or analyze some elements of what you experience with the tools.  
  • Reflect on the relevance–if any–of your viewing to your everyday life.  How did the experience engage your feelings or emotions, if at all? What does this tell you about human culture, and/or about yourself? 

STOP: Before you hand in your assignment, ask yourself the following questions:  

  1. Have I clearly provided identifying information about what I viewed in terms of who was involved and where it took place and provided the URL, if applicable? Have I done what I could to describe the setting and/or vibe? 
  2. Have I identified and explained an especially interesting aspect of the experience and used examples to illustrate reflections and to explain why this aspect was interesting? 
  3. Have I identified and applied two tools, concepts or methods of interpretation from learning resources to concrete and specific examples from visit? 
  4. Have I used examples to clearly explain the relevance of my visit to at least one of the following: 1) emotion 2) human culture 3) self-identity 4) cultural identity? 
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