Detroit's Future is Back!

Detroit's Future is Back!, is a 6 minute film about 4 college English composition students who travel back to the 1960s to sample several Detroit, Michigan area products. Under the direction of Dr. Detroit, the students must defend a thesis, that Michigan makes many products that help the region and nation, using only old magazines. One minute they find themselves participating in the team assignment and the next, they are transported back to the 1960s via a 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix to sample several Detroit area consumable products such as Sanders chocolate bumby cake, Better Made Potato Chips, Dominos Pizza, and Germack nuts. Can they return to Dr. Detroit's English class to defend their thesis through the magazine ads or empirically through their strange experience?


The "Mobiflick" was the result of a contest sponsored by Christopher Coppola's Project Accessible Hollywood, Motown Fest '10, and Madonna University. Four semi-finalists were selected to compete in order to produce a film in 72 hours with only the equipment provided and a film and editing expert assigned to each team. Enjoy the many Michigan made brands throughout the 6-minute film. Film leads include Caitlin Burt, JoJuan Westmoreland, Mahogany J. Mignon, Clark B. Mason, Anton Bassey, Dennis B. Martell, and Erik Bean. Director, Steve Randel. Written by Erik Bean. Many thanks to all the participants!

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• empirical reseach
• classroom
• cars
• grand prix
• dr detroit
• doctor detroit
• thesis
• english
• research
• college
• activities
• rap
• music
• video
• university
• editing
• photography
• school
• jumping
• student
• popular
• culture

[whitiepossum]

Since we as people are really just a sum of our experiences our attitudes and bias will always play a part in our theories. With Scientific Research we can prove our ideas and theory's true or stand corrected.

I thought you video was fun and insightful. You should do more Dr. Detroit learning videos.

[NJSimon1]

I find this video to be a very creative way to teach critical thinking and integrating it into an assignment. I like the stream of consciousness approach exhibiting student thought and analysis. This is also an easy way to help students see how to apply their thoughts. Good example. Thanks for the contribution.

[gottliebteacher]

As an English educator, I like this simple, but effective video that adds meaningful fun to English composition. I think it is important to note the video demonstrates empirical research cannot be used to support a thesis. All too often students immediately turn to their personal experiences. While experiences can help shape a paper, we know a third person well attributed voice is the best defense. Thanks for posting this unique creative effort!