For this assignment, please review the film Contagion (2011). Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
1)The film portraits the same traits of a virus/plague, base your essay on how this film draws similar aspects with our current pandemic
2) I will link 2 scholarly articles, that you will refer to. The article also talks about the film but in a more scholarly way. Just scan read them real quick and reference them in your essay.
3) For some of the scenes that you will describe, you can use take screenshots and add them beside your texts.
4) Pick one scene or two from the film that you think really reflects on our current society, it could be a wide shot scene (environment), or it could be a detailed scene (close up). Describe the scene shot by shot, note how the shots are structured and organized to make it the way that it is.
5) In the end, make a lot of connections with the COVID-19 virus that would not only be an interesting topic but also sparks connections on what we are experiencing right now.
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