Day 12 Assignments

[Terrell Harris]

Terrell’s Seabiscuit Analysis

What I learned doing this assignment is how to add action to increase the audience’s emotional involvement.

John can’t recite the poetry perfectly but it’s ok, cause he can put it into action perfectly and that’s the poetry.

What’s profound is how naturally talented red is

Charles goes down to Mexico to drown his sorrows in debauchery but gets his spirits raised by Marcela getting him to ride a horse

What’s profound is his love for horses is reignited appears to be just what he needed

Tom save a horse about to be shot and nurses it back to health. Later said you don’t throw a whole life away that’s banged up a little.

What’s profound is this is a job interview

Red meets Seabiscuit and feeds him an apple

When an animal that’s been abused, meets a human being that’s ready to love it, that is profound. At least for animal lovers. In this scene, it ‘s amplified cause Red know exactly how the animal feels.

Red is angry. so angry he throws the race, ignoring the advice Tom gave him.

It’s insightful because he’s really angry his parents abandoned him, putting that aside Red and Seabiscuit win their first race

Though he be little he is fierce – that’s Shakespeare

It’s profound cause it’s a reminder Red is well read and in his element of perfection as they hit a winning streak

Tom is angry Red hid his eye injury

It’s profound because Charles throws his philosophy back at him.

It’s better to break a man’s leg than his heart.

It’s profound because Red is willing to risk his health and Wolf understands that.

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[Terrell Harris]

Turns Insights Into Action

Assignment 2

What I learned doing this assignment is to set up “a bridge” for characters to be able to change.

They stop for street food but John brags that he’s eaten in the finest restaurants in the world
Cyndi insists just try it
he does and loved it, insists that it would go great with the beer he drank earlier, very proud of his realization.
Locals laugh because that is how they typically enjoy the food

John shrinks away from kids, insisting that he doesn’t want any. “they’re gross” but ends up incidentally up around them anyway
Later questions Jocelyn about having kids, She’s shocked, “like the old fashioned way? Gross” (this is a Sci-Fi drama)
John justifies his new interest by saying he’ll need an heir for the company business
During a disaster John doesn’t hesitate to dive into floodwaters to save a child from Lower City.

John and Jocelyn are arranged to be married
Jocelyn laughs when he asks if she loves him, asks what is wrong with you?
After secretly following John and Cyndi on a “date”, she gets jealous.
And she tries to answer John’s question again with a yes but she’s struggles to express it.

Evie hates the people of the lower city.
John ask why do you hate them so much
have you ever had your heart smashed to bits, I don’t owe love to anyone who hurt me.
Isn’t that like drinking poison hoping someone else dies? John confesses he loves a women from Lower City

Katashi talks with his daughter about her arranged married, her duty is to the corporation first
she sees other couples in love, John does not treat her like that
she begins think she should be in love first
she is assured love will come later
she questions what if it does not, the company thrives with she miserable? She wants to come first. She rejects the staged proposal.

[andrea cabanas]

Andrea Cabanas, Seabiscuit Analysis

Apart from seeing it’s a brilliant movie, I learned how powerful a small action could be to show big emotion.

– When Tom tames the horse at the very beginning of the movie. It’s a beautiful moment showing how man and animal can communicate.

– Tom approaches the men who’re trying to put the horse down. The beginning of ‘giving a second chance’.

– When Tom and Charles have a conversation at a bonfire, Charles asks him why he’s trying to fix the horse if he can’t run anymore. Tom tells him, “You don’t throw a whole life away because you bend up a little,” which will be used again in the other two moments in the movie.

– Toms sees Red talking to the horse while walking him. It seems he sees himself because it shows a bond between man and the animal.

– Biscuit appears for the first time and looks into Tom’s eye. It’s powerful the connection between the two.

– Next, it shows how Biscuit was taken from the mother. As an animal lover, I could see how harsh this industry is by splitting the family – and just because he was little. Similar to how Red was separated from his family (something I only realised after reading Terrell’s answers!).

– Biscuit is quieter/relaxed by having another horse and one dog as new companions.

– Red asks for some money, and Charles gives him $20, showing the bond between the two.

– When they lose the race, Red tells Charles he’s blind in one eye. The truth coming out is a decisive moment, putting the stakes higher.

– They train Biscuit in the darkness; Red says he can’t see anything, but Tom tells him not to worry because Biscuit can see. They show darkness under the noise of Biscuit racing, and slowly, their surroundings start to form as Red’s good eye begins to see through the night.

– Every time Charles plays with his son’s toy always shows his grief.

– In the hospital bed, Red tells George to let Biscuit see the eyes of the other horse because when he’s “Head to head, he looks him in the eye” and says, “It’s not in his feet, George; it’s right here (heart).” Such a strong connection between Red and Biscuit.

– Red and Biscuit meet, both with hurt legs. The beginning of a new start for both of them.

– Charles is hesitant to let Red ride Biscuit in Santa Anita’s race until his wife senses his fear and finished his sentence by saying, “… And he could die?”

– In the final race, they’re left behind, and George waits for them. Biscuit looks in the eye of the horse, Red feels confident by George’s words, and Biscuit runs for victory.

[andrea cabanas]

Andrea Cabanas, Turning Insights into Actions.

What I learned from this assignment was that this process is easier when you follow the steps. I just had to jump on previous notes to brainstorm the actions not created yet.

– Relationship with her mother improves: once she gets excited with new projects coming in, Zoe shows her mother her progress. Also, she encourages her to work on her artwork and place one of them on the opening night of Georgia’s first exhibition.

– Confident: on a meeting with a new client and other professionals, she realises she loves what she does, and that she’s on the right path. At first, she feels uncomfortable surrounded by important people, but when they start paying attention to her ideas, she feels confident and leads the meeting successfully. They might hire her as a new employee.

– Zoe starts to save money and pay attention to her finance. When seeing the money getting into her bank account, she starts planning to buy a new flat. Even start seeing places without having enough money for the deposit, just a way to throw into the universe, and you’ll get what you want (something like that)

– She stops battling some religious pre-concepts that torment her: when she sees the church pastor with a man in a gay nightclub, she questions if she is a real sinner for liking women. The pastor will come to their house, and she will sense his torment—she gets empathy? Until the day he leaves the church and the city, nobody knows the real reason (except her, but she respects his silence).

– She’s not prejudiced anymore. Zoe accepts who she is with no more prejudices, also helped by Georgia’s words. She may go to the Mardi Grass Parade (TBC), or when meeting a new person, she would not be afraid to say she’s broken up with her girlfriend (instead of lying by saying it was a boyfriend).