1st Step: View the film with a family member (or, remotely, with classmates).
2nd Step: Choosea small detail or short scene: recall/list those details that created the impression you want to convey as your focal concept. Then explain what actions & dialoguehappened in that scene with enough detail so someone else (who has also seen the film) can recall who, what, when, and where those things happened. The following list of actors in each role will help you refer to characters by name:Luke Wilson as Joe BauersMaya Rudolph as RitaDax Shepard as Frito PendejoTerry Crews as President Dwayne ElizondoMountain Dew Herbert CamachoDavid Herman as Secretary of StateJustin Long as Doctor LexusAndrew Wilson as Beef SupremeRandal Reeder as Secret Service ThugBrad “Scarface” Jordan as UpgrayeddThomas Haden Church as Brawndo CEOSara Rue (uncredited) as Attorney General
3rd Step: Explain to readers why you found this particular scene significant. This is the most important personal, original thinking part of the essay, so explicate how the scene constructs your meaning with its dramatic enactment.
4th Step: Connect significant ideas you interpreted from the film to major ideas & themes from this English course. Use direct quotations & detailed explication of connections/ significance in your final persuasive appeal to readers about what you learned studying college-level reading, critical thinking & composition as a staged process.