Reflection
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Research Project tested my ability to comprehend literature and other texts in oral, print, visual, and multimedia forms, as well as challenged me to respond personally, critically and creatively, capturing the goals of General Outcome 2.
Throughout viewing the feature film, as well as hours of special features, it was my responsibility to understand and interpret (2.1.2) what we were watching in class. I tried to decipher as many underlying themes in the movie as I could so that I could choose the best theme to base my project on. I tried to use this opportunity to grow as a student by increasing my options and then selecting one to write about. In the past I have had a limited amount of topics and themes to write about so I challenged myself to come up with more so I had a larger selection in which I would be able to truly choose the most suitable topic. Through studying Jackson’s interpretation of Tolkien’s trilogy, I was exposed to the connection between the use of medium and the message the author is trying to convey to an audience (2.2.1) Because Tolkien’s books require quite a high level of comprehension, Jackson had the ability to reach out to a much larger range of viewers by exposing them through film, which is a more user friendly medium. When viewing the film it can be difficult to not get wrapped up in the action and storyline, however when looking at the movie from an English based point of view, the verisimilitude and significance of the text is unbelievably important and relevant to our lives. Viewing the special features definitely enhanced my appreciation for the artistry (2.3.3) that went into all of the special features and making of the films. In addition to all of these examples, I used my previous knowledge (2.1.3) of the trilogy to construct a final research project and used reference technologies (2.1.4) to document my sources in a Works Cited list.
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