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Find a film and watch it actively not passively. The film will be "Crazy rich Asian".  The best way to do this accurately, and a good starting point, is to watch it carefully and observantly and to take notes while watching it and to watch it more than once. In short, analyzing a film requires you to take a careful look at the setting, plot, characters, dialogue, symbols, metaphors, archetypes, Burke’s Pentad elements, and critical readings; as well as, those factors that have an influence on the film, such as the social, historical, and political context in which the film was created.

STEPS FOR CONDUCTING A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF A FILMDespite the differences between movies and advertisements, the goal of a semiotic analysis of a film is nonetheless the same as a semiotic analysis of an advertisement, namely to determine its current social significance. With than in mind, here is an expanded and modified version of the steps for conducting a semiotic analysis, tailored specifically to film:
1.)  Establish the film to decoded 
2.)  Set aside your opinion; your task is to analyze the current social significance (This assignment is NOT a review of the film!!)
3.)  Determine what the sign means (analysis of Burke’s Pentad)
4.)  Discuss how the film represents its topic
5.)  Sketch the overall context (historical, cultural, and political) in which the sign appears
6.)  Develop a list of questions, concerns, and/or issues that will guide your analysis
7.)  Develop a thesis statement

After completing the steps, your paper should include the following:
1.)  An attention grabber/hook and a thesis statement (implicit) 
2.)  A short but detailed description of the film (brief summary) 
3.)  An analysis of the film that includes some of the details/discoveries that you made while completing the steps (NOTE: You may NOT use first person pronouns in this essay-“I”, “me”, “my”, or personal statements such as “I believe”, “I feel”, “I think” etc.)
4.)  Include connections from the assigned readings 
5.)  Include at least two reviews of the film quoted and cited properly in MLA format
6.)  Works Cited page (MLA format)