Hello. And welcome..... to.. a new sort of blogging method..
Hahah, not really. From this point on (I know I've said this many many times now) this post here will mark the OFFICIAL start of my English assignment. Once again, as repeated many a times before, you have the option to not read these next few... possibly, five I think, posts as they might (will) be very boring. Have fun~~~~..... Not reading my blog for a short while. Keep count of how many posts I do though. I will be reposting again after my assignment is done :D.
Rationale
Rationale - The Life of Pi was chosen as the subject matter for this creative response. A blog was chosen as the method through which to represent the philosophical ideas of the movie/book.
Reason for choosing a blog
The reason a blog was chosen was because of the challenge of conveying difficult information to the audience that a blog presented. Difficult ideas are often rejected by some readers on the basis that they require too much thought. The use of a blog therefore allowed the challenge of trying to create a work that could reverse this trend. Through the use of an informal style and an informal style of media the aim is to bring philosophical ideas to normal people, ideas that they would not usually be interested in trying to understand.
Another reason for using a blog was to show people who use the internet that instead of dismissing a film without thought, it is possible to understand and analyse movies/books. On the internet people tend to dismiss or praise a movie/book without any evidence. We hope to present an example that other people can follow of critically assessing movie/books based on detailed explorations of their content and ideas.
Structure
In this chain of blogs, there will be a total of 4 blog posts, excluding the rationale. In each blog post one philosophical idea from the movie/book, Life of Pi, will be discussed. The reason for choosing one blog post per idea is to not confuse the audience. Each blog will follow the same basic structure. In each blog there will be, an introduction to which idea from the movie/book is being presented, the philosophical idea will then be explained, how the movie/book explains this idea will then be explored, then we will evaluate how well the movie/book explains the idea through content and presentation and I will give my opinion and discuss the idea. To present the philosophical ideas in a way that can appeal to ordinary people simple example, diagrams, and simple language will be used to present the ideas in an accessible way, free from the normal academic style which turns off most people from philosophical subjects.
The blogs will be presented in the following order:
Blog One will cover the topic 'To what extent are we capable of creating our own reality?'
Blog Two will be about 'Religion and science- do religion and science share the same truth in that they are both belief systems created by humans which become true because people believe they are true?'
Blog Three will answer the question 'Do we live in our own reality or do we change our reality to meet others expectations of other people?'
And Blog Four will be an evaluation of the director's ability based on how well the film present the complicated ideas that were presented in the book.
I hope you have a fun time reading this!
Peace out Girl Scouts
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