What's In a Scene...

I recently re-watched HP5 and have found at least two scenes to use. The first scene I have decided to use for my critical model is the scene when Professor Umbridge first introduces herself to the school. She basically tells the school that she is there as eyes for the minister of magic and making sure everything that is going on at the school is Ministry of Magic approved. I think this scene should be helpful to use for my critical approach because it is pretty straight forward about what is going to be happening for the rest of the film. The second scene I think I am going to use is Umbridge's first class. She tells the students they will not need to practice anything they learn but read the book and that will suffice. I think this scene is a great analogy for a political thriller genre.

A critical model as I may or may not understand....

My critical model I am using for my research paper is a genre critical approach. For my Harry Potter film paper I am researching if the movie is a political thriller rather than a fantasy genre. I believe it is a political thriller but I will have to do much more reading on political genre in film. I believe I have plenty of “evidence”/ examples from the movie to prove my point. Although I do understand what the overall assignment is, I can’t help but feel insecure in my writing and thoughts, I’m not sure where my lack of confidence comes from in my academics but I am always trying to learn more.