Friday 8 July 2011

Semiotic and Reading Film

Based on the movie " Titanic", reading characters and the stereotypes they represent and resist can spark critical thinking.
 
1) Who is Jack?

2)What stereotypes does he represent?
 
3) Is he good or bad?
 
4)What complexities does he have, if any?
 
5) Back up statements with evidence from the film.

7 comments:

  1. 1)Jack is a poor guy but a talented artist.

    2)He represents a person who is open-minded and a simple young man with freedom and energy.

    3)He is good.

    4)He is talented in drawings and arts, he travelled a lot of places as he is an artist.He is also a guy who is easy to get along with and romantic too.He had an interest of drawing nudes,especially women nude figures.

    5)Jack is an artist who lives in a free and easy life. Unlike those rich class people, they have certain rules like using different cutlery when having a meal, he just use his bare hands to eat. He even travelled to various places, mostly Paris to get inspiration for his career.He is romantic towards his lover, Rose in the film Titatic. He draws woman nude figures, like there's a part where Jack draw the nude Rose wearing the Heart of the Ocean.

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  2. 1) Jack was born in Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin, USA around 1892. His parent died while he was still young. A talented artist he travelled extensively and appears to have had a fondness for drawing nudes.
    2) He used to be a young artist who like to travel around the world, he represent what a young artist used to be, he is talented, cleverness, lifestyle.
    3) He did something that break the system, do something that a normal people will not do, but he is a good guy, cause he have love inside him. that willing to pay it with his life.
    4) He isn't that complex, he just a artist that not willing his life on a rail. He like something that Stimulate and freedom.
    5)He not wealthy enough to purchase tickets for the Titanic, Jack and his Italian friend Fabrizio are playing poker in a bar close to where the Titanic is departing. The two win third class tickets to the boat and dash to catch it. Once aboard, Jack has no difficulty exploring the first class section of the boat where he meets wealthy Rose, this is not a normal guy will do, he seen like Cynicism but he will to pay with his life for a girl he met only few day.

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  3. 1) Jack Dawson is poor guy and talented artist where one of his specialties was drawing nude portraits.

    2) He loves to drawing nude portraits, also an adventure person.

    3) Based on his outfit, mostly people will misunderstood about his but Jack Dawson was a good guy.

    4) My opinion, he doesn't have any complexities, he an easy going person, he no problems to interact with people that come from other class.

    5) He travel various parts of the world, and now he at Paris. He loves to drawing, we can see his carrying all the way his sketchbook mostly contains drawing nude portraits. Besides that, he an easy going person, where he don't have any problems to explore at upper class area at the ship and he get to know Rose Dewitt Bukater.

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  4. 1. Jack is a lower-class people, when he was 15 years old, the parents are dead. he is poor guy but he is also a painter.

    2.In the difficult environment, let him have a strong heart.his love life, brave, smart, and has good values.

    3.in my mind, he is a Simple, pure, love, and Kind-hearted. he is a good people.

    4.I think he is a simple man,he is very enjoy his life,Do what he likes to do, dare to pursue their favorite.

    5.Jack lives in the bottom of society, he was not ashamed, he cherished life, but he sacrificed his life for love. He has a unique concept for life. Through Jack's characterization, reflecting the lower middle class people of good quality and nobility of hypocrisy, selfishness and greed.

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  5. 1) Jack is the main character in the film "Titanic".

    2) Jack was a poor but cheerful young man.
    He is very talented in drawing. Besides, He is also a romantic and a caring person.

    3) Jack is a good person but he was always seen as a bad person because of his appearance.

    4) In my opinion, Jack is a friendly and kind person. He did not have any complexities in his life. In fact, he was cheerful and always help people who are in needs.

    5) The ending was really touchy and sad. Jack love's sacrifice on rose is so touching.
    Because jack want to save rose from coldness, he find rose a board and ask rose to climb on it to avoid more cold. With disregard his own condition because staying in water that frozen too long, he even try to persuade rose to not worry, and give hope to Rose that someone will come to save them. His love's sacrifice is so great. Love like that is rare these days.

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  6. 1.Jack Dawson is poor guy and talented artist, the main character in the film "Titanic".

    2. He represents a person who is brave, smart, and pursue freedom.

    3. Jack was optimistic young man. he is a good person.

    4. he is an artist, he like freedom, he doesn't have any complexities.

    5.the Titanic sank in the early 20th century is a tragedy, the film has to The facts add up the true love story, set sail Tai Tanni will be less than 5 days of love, friendship and a disaster at the end of the century before this generation, it told us a truth: that we must cherish life.

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  7. 1) Jack Dawson is the main character of the film "Titanic", he is poor but have talent in drawing.

    2) Jack Dawson represents a kind of people who is poor, but not discouraged; who is brave and talented in drawing; who likes adventure and wants to break out the unfair class concept.

    3) It depends. In the mind of someone who like adventure and wants to break our the unfair class concept such as Rose and Margaret, he is a very good man. But in the mind of someone have very strong class concept like Rose's mother and Caledon, he is a bad guy who is rude, poor and stupid.

    4) In my opinion, Jack is a very pure person. He just want to draw good artworks and stay together with the one he loves most, Rose. So he shouldn't have complexities.

    5) As we can see in the film, Jack is a very simple person. He won't think too much about things that not belongs to him. He know what himself want and just focus on it. Before he just travel around the world and discover the beauty of the world with his eyes and record them with his pen and talent. He draw everything that is beautiful in his mind, including woman nude figures. He just bring his sketch book everywhere and draw something all the time. He won't be bothered by any other things until he meet Rose. Because of Rose, he need to talk and stay together with the upper class people. But even in this situation, we still can see he is a simple person. Because he just want to stay with his lover, Rose; he won't care how the other upper class people look him and their attitude to him.

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