User:Nlowe3/Draft Day/Bibliography

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Outline of proposed changes
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I.               Thesis

a.      My group and I will work on the Draft Day (2014) article, in which I plan to expand on the “Reception” section by supplementing the content with more sources about the public’s response to the film. In tandem with the expansion of this section, I will add a “Release” and “Analysis” section of the film that will discuss details about the film’s release and the themes and ideas that the producers and writers placed into the story.

II. Main Points

a.      Under “Reception” the “Critical response” section will need some general reorganizing as well as other examples of public response to make the controversial reception of the film clearer. Recently, many NFL pros on and off the field have revisited the film, allowing for an updated take on what the movie got right, what the movie got wrong, and the personal impact of the film.

i.     Iyer, V. (2014, April 11). “Draft Day”: Separating movie’s fiction from NFL facts | Sporting News. Retrieved 2024-2-22.

b.     The “Box office” section will also be given an update, with the total grossed in other countries having increased marginally. Other than this minor update there will not be much to add to the “Box office” section.

c.      With the ongoing release of old media onto streaming platforms, I plan to have an addition of a “Release” section, that will go into more detail about the different platforms the film was released on.

i.     One portion of this will discuss the disc release sales revenue, the number of copies sold, and different types of disc release (e.g. Blu-ray).

ii. The other portion of this section will discuss the release on streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Primetime, Apple TV, Vudu, and Google Play movies, with dates and estimated revenues for each.

d.     An analysis section will delve more into the main ideas behind the film, why it was produced, the cultural impact, and certain themes.

i.     Each of these subsections is not expected to have a large portion of content behind them, other than the cultural impact. The NFL Draft is a culturally significant phenomenon for the U.S., raking in millions of dollars each year. Due to the mixed reception of the film, touching on the effect the film had on this culture will be a valuable case study as seen through many different sports-related news sources.

1.     Persall, S. (2020, June 17). Review: “Draft Day” fumbles but recovers. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2024-2-24.

III. Secondary Research

a.      The majority of the secondary research I will personally be doing will be for the “Production” section of the article, which Anna will likely be focusing on. The plan is to attempt to contact some of the individuals who worked on the film and discuss various topics such as:

i.     Why was Kent’s Dix Stadium utilized to produce the movie?

ii. For what reasons do you (the person being interviewed) believe the movie was received poorly compared to the director's other works?

iii. And, what were the crew's intentions, either serious or unserious, behind making a film about such an American cultural phenomenon?