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I have included an example of an analysis from another movie. Requirements are APA and headings should be in italics, with a new paragraph for each. It doesn’t have to be super complex, simple and concise is perfect. Each heading has an attachment for some guidelines.
Example: Using the MIMQ Rating
System for Class Movies
Authentic
The Informant! is a true story about Marc Whitacre, a federal whistleblower who lives with
bipolar disorder. In the movie, his diagnosis is never mentioned, so movie goers who are not
familiar with Real-Life Mark’s story may not see him as having bipolar disorder. Those who
are familiar with his real-life story, may come away with misunderstandings about the
disorder because we don’t really evidence of the two syndromes required to diagnose bipolar
disorder. The two syndromes are mania and depression. To diagnosis mania, the person
must have either excessively happy and/or irritable moods. In addition, they must have 3
other symptoms: excessive pleasurable activities, grandiosity, goal focused activity, excessive
talking, racing thoughts, distractibility, and excessive energy, which often is evidenced by a
decreased need for sleep). While many of these symptoms are easily understood, I think it
is important to provide a definition of grandiosity. It is an exaggerated belief in one’s
importance and/or ability to accomplish great things. It can be on the edge of normal as in,
“I’m the greatest psychologist ever!” Or it can be delusional as in “I’m a great therapist
because I’m really Jesus reborn as Christine Edmondson.” Depression requires one of two
symptoms: depressed mood and/or lack of interest/pleasure in regular activities. In addition,
3 (if the person has both depressed mood and lack of interest) to 4 (if the person has only one
of the required symptoms) other symptoms must go with one of these two symptoms to
diagnosis the disorder. Those symptoms are sleep problems, feelings of worthlessness,
concentration problems, appetite problems, slowed down movements, lack of energy, and
suicidal thoughts.
In the movie, we never see Mark in a depressed mood. We see him stressed, but he seems
interested in life and it doesn’t look like he feels down or worthless. Real-life Mark was
hospitalized during depressive episodes because he was very suicidal. So the movie is very
misleading about bipolar disorder and Real-life Mark. Also, I didn’t see scenes in the movie
in which he was excessively happy or irritable. There was only one sign of mania in the
movie, grandiosity. One could say that his grandiosity was evident in his use of lying and
manipulation to cover up his mistakes and embezzle money, while while being an
informant for the FBI. This type of grandiosity was not delusional, but it definitely was on
the edge of normal because he thought he could pull all of this off and not get caught in his
embezzlement. However, I’m guessing most people would see his lies and manipulation
as character deficits rather than behavioral signs of mania. People who watch the movie and
know about Marc’s diagnosis are likely to come away with the following
misunderstandings: bipolar is only about mania and people with bipolar disorder are likely
to lie and manipulate others. I give this movie an F because it does not show that Marc had
depression and the storyline might make people think that bipolar disorder symptoms
include lying and manipulation.
Person-First
I think movie goers will agree that Marc has the following personality traits: intelligent,
manipulative, and family-oriented. Marc is intelligent because he is a chemist with a Ph.D.
and a top manager in a multinational company. You have to be really smart to have this type
of job. His narration of scenes where he explains chemistry and other things confirms
this. Marc embezzles money from his company by using a lot of behaviors that are effective
at misleading and influencing people. The entire movie is about his manipulation of the FBI,
his employer, and other companies. As I mentioned previously, audiences might
misunderstand the meaning of lying and manipulation in bipolar disorder. Lying and
manipulation are things we can observe that support a hypothesis that he was experiencing
grandiosity. My sense is that this was more than grandiosity. I think Mark learned that his
intelligence is his biggest strength and he has figured out how to use his intelligence to get
what he wants. And, I think it has caused him to cross the line between being working hard
to get what he wants and manipulating other people to get what he wants. He wanted money
for his family so he tried to manipulate a lot of people to make sure he had it. He is familyoriented, because he considers how getting fired would affect their financial situation. I
think the manipulative traits would have a greater influence on how much movie goers
would see him as a desirable person to be around, than the fact that he cared for his
family. Also, while I can cut him some slack for because his manipulative behaviors may be
related to his grandiosity, most movie goers would not. I gave The Informant! a Person-First
Grade of D because the storyline highlighted Marc’s negative personality traits rather than
his intelligence and ability to having caring relationships with other people.
Hopeful
We didn’t see Mark change his behavior during the movie. And, we didn’t really see any
symptoms. So, it is hard to argue that his symptoms improved by the end of the movie. He
goes to jail, which is not really a good outcome for a person with bipolar disorder. Before he
was arrested for his crime of embezzlement, he went to see a therapist and the movie made it
seem like he was trying to manipulate the therapist in hopes of avoiding significant
consequences for his embezzlement. This is unfortunate because Real-Life Mark had to see
a lot of mental health professionals as he lived with bipolar disorder before he got involved
in the whistle-blower/embezzlement part of his life. His wife stayed faithful, more because
of her personality than because he indicated that he wanted to change his attitude or
behavior. I’m sure this put a big strain on his relationship for his wife, so I can’t interpret
this as evidence that he was able to have a good relationship with his wife despite his
symptoms.
The movie ends with a scene that shows Mark at a parole hearing making the argument that
he should be released because of his commitment to taking medication and the insights he
gained from therapy. While the movie ends with Mark receiving treatment for the disorder,
we don’t really see how the treatment affected his symptoms. At this point in the movie we
don’t trust Mark to be truthful about his motivations, so it would be easy to interpret this
scene as Mark trying to manipulate the parole board into believing that he had changed for
the good. In other words, we can’t say that Mark got insight into his disorder and need for
treatment. At the end of the movie, there is a note that explains how Mark now works to
prevent crimes like the ones he committed. But, no mention is made of his disorder. I gave
the movie a Hopeful Grade of F because the quality of life has decreased because he is in jail
and even though he said he got treatment in jail, there is no indication that he will be well
once he leaves jail.
Overall Movie Quality Rating
One issue that comes up in the movie that affected my Overall Movie Quality rating was the
scene where Mark meets with his therapist before he is arrested for embezzlement. It
showed the therapist as bored and easily manipulated. I believe that this scene supports
myths about therapists that interfere with people’s willingness to seek
treatment. Specifically the myths that therapists are just doing their job for the money and
that they are incompetent. I gave the other scales two F’s and a D. Clearly this is a movie
that does not promotes the worth and inclusion of people with bipolar disorder. Instead of
providing a portrayal that is consistent with facts, it promotes misunderstandings about
bipolar disorder. Finally, since Mark committed a crime and went to jail, the movie does not
provide much hope about people with mental illness having meaningful lives. I decided to
give the movie a black heart because of all the ways it encouraged stigma and discouraged
treatment seeking.
Example: Using the MIMQ Rating
System for Class Movies
Authentic
The Informant! is a true story about Marc Whitacre, a federal whistleblower who lives with
bipolar disorder. In the movie, his diagnosis is never mentioned, so movie goers who are not
familiar with Real-Life Mark’s story may not see him as having bipolar disorder. Those who
are familiar with his real-life story, may come away with misunderstandings about the
disorder because we don’t really evidence of the two syndromes required to diagnose bipolar
disorder. The two syndromes are mania and depression. To diagnosis mania, the person
must have either excessively happy and/or irritable moods. In addition, they must have 3
other symptoms: excessive pleasurable activities, grandiosity, goal focused activity, excessive
talking, racing thoughts, distractibility, and excessive energy, which often is evidenced by a
decreased need for sleep). While many of these symptoms are easily understood, I think it
is important to provide a definition of grandiosity. It is an exaggerated belief in one’s
importance and/or ability to accomplish great things. It can be on the edge of normal as in,
“I’m the greatest psychologist ever!” Or it can be delusional as in “I’m a great therapist
because I’m really Jesus reborn as Christine Edmondson.” Depression requires one of two
symptoms: depressed mood and/or lack of interest/pleasure in regular activities. In addition,
3 (if the person has both depressed mood and lack of interest) to 4 (if the person has only one
of the required symptoms) other symptoms must go with one of these two symptoms to
diagnosis the disorder. Those symptoms are sleep problems, feelings of worthlessness,
concentration problems, appetite problems, slowed down movements, lack of energy, and
suicidal thoughts.
In the movie, we never see Mark in a depressed mood. We see him stressed, but he seems
interested in life and it doesn’t look like he feels down or worthless. Real-life Mark was
hospitalized during depressive episodes because he was very suicidal. So the movie is very
misleading about bipolar disorder and Real-life Mark. Also, I didn’t see scenes in the movie
in which he was excessively happy or irritable. There was only one sign of mania in the
movie, grandiosity. One could say that his grandiosity was evident in his use of lying and
manipulation to cover up his mistakes and embezzle money, while while being an
informant for the FBI. This type of grandiosity was not delusional, but it definitely was on
the edge of normal because he thought he could pull all of this off and not get caught in his
embezzlement. However, I’m guessing most people would see his lies and manipulation
as character deficits rather than behavioral signs of mania. People who watch the movie and
know about Marc’s diagnosis are likely to come away with the following
misunderstandings: bipolar is only about mania and people with bipolar disorder are likely
to lie and manipulate others. I give this movie an F because it does not show that Marc had
depression and the storyline might make people think that bipolar disorder symptoms
include lying and manipulation.
Person-First
I think movie goers will agree that Marc has the following personality traits: intelligent,
manipulative, and family-oriented. Marc is intelligent because he is a chemist with a Ph.D.
and a top manager in a multinational company. You have to be really smart to have this type
of job. His narration of scenes where he explains chemistry and other things confirms
this. Marc embezzles money from his company by using a lot of behaviors that are effective
at misleading and influencing people. The entire movie is about his manipulation of the FBI,
his employer, and other companies. As I mentioned previously, audiences might
misunderstand the meaning of lying and manipulation in bipolar disorder. Lying and
manipulation are things we can observe that support a hypothesis that he was experiencing
grandiosity. My sense is that this was more than grandiosity. I think Mark learned that his
intelligence is his biggest strength and he has figured out how to use his intelligence to get
what he wants. And, I think it has caused him to cross the line between being working hard
to get what he wants and manipulating other people to get what he wants. He wanted money
for his family so he tried to manipulate a lot of people to make sure he had it. He is familyoriented, because he considers how getting fired would affect their financial situation. I
think the manipulative traits would have a greater influence on how much movie goers
would see him as a desirable person to be around, than the fact that he cared for his
family. Also, while I can cut him some slack for because his manipulative behaviors may be
related to his grandiosity, most movie goers would not. I gave The Informant! a Person-First
Grade of D because the storyline highlighted Marc’s negative personality traits rather than
his intelligence and ability to having caring relationships with other people.
Hopeful
We didn’t see Mark change his behavior during the movie. And, we didn’t really see any
symptoms. So, it is hard to argue that his symptoms improved by the end of the movie. He
goes to jail, which is not really a good outcome for a person with bipolar disorder. Before he
was arrested for his crime of embezzlement, he went to see a therapist and the movie made it
seem like he was trying to manipulate the therapist in hopes of avoiding significant
consequences for his embezzlement. This is unfortunate because Real-Life Mark had to see
a lot of mental health professionals as he lived with bipolar disorder before he got involved
in the whistle-blower/embezzlement part of his life. His wife stayed faithful, more because
of her personality than because he indicated that he wanted to change his attitude or
behavior. I’m sure this put a big strain on his relationship for his wife, so I can’t interpret
this as evidence that he was able to have a good relationship with his wife despite his
symptoms.
The movie ends with a scene that shows Mark at a parole hearing making the argument that
he should be released because of his commitment to taking medication and the insights he
gained from therapy. While the movie ends with Mark receiving treatment for the disorder,
we don’t really see how the treatment affected his symptoms. At this point in the movie we
don’t trust Mark to be truthful about his motivations, so it would be easy to interpret this
scene as Mark trying to manipulate the parole board into believing that he had changed for
the good. In other words, we can’t say that Mark got insight into his disorder and need for
treatment. At the end of the movie, there is a note that explains how Mark now works to
prevent crimes like the ones he committed. But, no mention is made of his disorder. I gave
the movie a Hopeful Grade of F because the quality of life has decreased because he is in jail
and even though he said he got treatment in jail, there is no indication that he will be well
once he leaves jail.
Overall Movie Quality Rating
One issue that comes up in the movie that affected my Overall Movie Quality rating was the
scene where Mark meets with his therapist before he is arrested for embezzlement. It
showed the therapist as bored and easily manipulated. I believe that this scene supports
myths about therapists that interfere with people’s willingness to seek
treatment. Specifically the myths that therapists are just doing their job for the money and
that they are incompetent. I gave the other scales two F’s and a D. Clearly this is a movie
that does not promotes the worth and inclusion of people with bipolar disorder. Instead of
providing a portrayal that is consistent with facts, it promotes misunderstandings about
bipolar disorder. Finally, since Mark committed a crime and went to jail, the movie does not
provide much hope about people with mental illness having meaningful lives. I decided to
give the movie a black heart because of all the ways it encouraged stigma and discouraged
treatment seeking.
Example: Using the MIMQ Rating
System for Class Movies
Authentic
The Informant! is a true story about Marc Whitacre, a federal whistleblower who lives with
bipolar disorder. In the movie, his diagnosis is never mentioned, so movie goers who are not
familiar with Real-Life Mark’s story may not see him as having bipolar disorder. Those who
are familiar with his real-life story, may come away with misunderstandings about the
disorder because we don’t really evidence of the two syndromes required to diagnose bipolar
disorder. The two syndromes are mania and depression. To diagnosis mania, the person
must have either excessively happy and/or irritable moods. In addition, they must have 3
other symptoms: excessive pleasurable activities, grandiosity, goal focused activity, excessive
talking, racing thoughts, distractibility, and excessive energy, which often is evidenced by a
decreased need for sleep). While many of these symptoms are easily understood, I think it
is important to provide a definition of grandiosity. It is an exaggerated belief in one’s
importance and/or ability to accomplish great things. It can be on the edge of normal as in,
“I’m the greatest psychologist ever!” Or it can be delusional as in “I’m a great therapist
because I’m really Jesus reborn as Christine Edmondson.” Depression requires one of two
symptoms: depressed mood and/or lack of interest/pleasure in regular activities. In addition,
3 (if the person has both depressed mood and lack of interest) to 4 (if the person has only one
of the required symptoms) other symptoms must go with one of these two symptoms to
diagnosis the disorder. Those symptoms are sleep problems, feelings of worthlessness,
concentration problems, appetite problems, slowed down movements, lack of energy, and
suicidal thoughts.
In the movie, we never see Mark in a depressed mood. We see him stressed, but he seems
interested in life and it doesn’t look like he feels down or worthless. Real-life Mark was
hospitalized during depressive episodes because he was very suicidal. So the movie is very
misleading about bipolar disorder and Real-life Mark. Also, I didn’t see scenes in the movie
in which he was excessively happy or irritable. There was only one sign of mania in the
movie, grandiosity. One could say that his grandiosity was evident in his use of lying and
manipulation to cover up his mistakes and embezzle money, while while being an
informant for the FBI. This type of grandiosity was not delusional, but it definitely was on
the edge of normal because he thought he could pull all of this off and not get caught in his
embezzlement. However, I’m guessing most people would see his lies and manipulation
as character deficits rather than behavioral signs of mania. People who watch the movie and
know about Marc’s diagnosis are likely to come away with the following
misunderstandings: bipolar is only about mania and people with bipolar disorder are likely
to lie and manipulate others. I give this movie an F because it does not show that Marc had
depression and the storyline might make people think that bipolar disorder symptoms
include lying and manipulation.
Person-First
I think movie goers will agree that Marc has the following personality traits: intelligent,
manipulative, and family-oriented. Marc is intelligent because he is a chemist with a Ph.D.
and a top manager in a multinational company. You have to be really smart to have this type
of job. His narration of scenes where he explains chemistry and other things confirms
this. Marc embezzles money from his company by using a lot of behaviors that are effective
at misleading and influencing people. The entire movie is about his manipulation of the FBI,
his employer, and other companies. As I mentioned previously, audiences might
misunderstand the meaning of lying and manipulation in bipolar disorder. Lying and
manipulation are things we can observe that support a hypothesis that he was experiencing
grandiosity. My sense is that this was more than grandiosity. I think Mark learned that his
intelligence is his biggest strength and he has figured out how to use his intelligence to get
what he wants. And, I think it has caused him to cross the line between being working hard
to get what he wants and manipulating other people to get what he wants. He wanted money
for his family so he tried to manipulate a lot of people to make sure he had it. He is familyoriented, because he considers how getting fired would affect their financial situation. I
think the manipulative traits would have a greater influence on how much movie goers
would see him as a desirable person to be around, than the fact that he cared for his
family. Also, while I can cut him some slack for because his manipulative behaviors may be
related to his grandiosity, most movie goers would not. I gave The Informant! a Person-First
Grade of D because the storyline highlighted Marc’s negative personality traits rather than
his intelligence and ability to having caring relationships with other people.
Hopeful
We didn’t see Mark change his behavior during the movie. And, we didn’t really see any
symptoms. So, it is hard to argue that his symptoms improved by the end of the movie. He
goes to jail, which is not really a good outcome for a person with bipolar disorder. Before he
was arrested for his crime of embezzlement, he went to see a therapist and the movie made it
seem like he was trying to manipulate the therapist in hopes of avoiding significant
consequences for his embezzlement. This is unfortunate because Real-Life Mark had to see
a lot of mental health professionals as he lived with bipolar disorder before he got involved
in the whistle-blower/embezzlement part of his life. His wife stayed faithful, more because
of her personality than because he indicated that he wanted to change his attitude or
behavior. I’m sure this put a big strain on his relationship for his wife, so I can’t interpret
this as evidence that he was able to have a good relationship with his wife despite his
symptoms.
The movie ends with a scene that shows Mark at a parole hearing making the argument that
he should be released because of his commitment to taking medication and the insights he
gained from therapy. While the movie ends with Mark receiving treatment for the disorder,
we don’t really see how the treatment affected his symptoms. At this point in the movie we
don’t trust Mark to be truthful about his motivations, so it would be easy to interpret this
scene as Mark trying to manipulate the parole board into believing that he had changed for
the good. In other words, we can’t say that Mark got insight into his disorder and need for
treatment. At the end of the movie, there is a note that explains how Mark now works to
prevent crimes like the ones he committed. But, no mention is made of his disorder. I gave
the movie a Hopeful Grade of F because the quality of life has decreased because he is in jail
and even though he said he got treatment in jail, there is no indication that he will be well
once he leaves jail.
Overall Movie Quality Rating
One issue that comes up in the movie that affected my Overall Movie Quality rating was the
scene where Mark meets with his therapist before he is arrested for embezzlement. It
showed the therapist as bored and easily manipulated. I believe that this scene supports
myths about therapists that interfere with people’s willingness to seek
treatment. Specifically the myths that therapists are just doing their job for the money and
that they are incompetent. I gave the other scales two F’s and a D. Clearly this is a movie
that does not promotes the worth and inclusion of people with bipolar disorder. Instead of
providing a portrayal that is consistent with facts, it promotes misunderstandings about
bipolar disorder. Finally, since Mark committed a crime and went to jail, the movie does not
provide much hope about people with mental illness having meaningful lives. I decided to
give the movie a black heart because of all the ways it encouraged stigma and discouraged
treatment seeking.
This scale is not associated with a grade. Instead it is scored with an appropriately colored heart. Since neon
green is the color of mental health awareness and advocacy, we use green as a signal that the movie promotes
worth and inclusion, and dark hearts to signal that it does not. Some movies are not all good, but more good
than bad, while others are not all bad, but more bad than good. So, we have light green and grey hearts to
indicate the mixed nature of the movie. Notice there is no white heart. This means that you can’t pick
“neither good, nor bad.” You have to take a stand – either the movie is quality (green) or it isn’t (dark). The
shading then indicates how much good (or bad) the movie movie was.
Give Green Hearts for Quality Movies
Give Dark Hearts for Poor Quality Movies
Requirements: Content of Justification for the Overall Quality Rating
1. The heart is visible at the beginning or end of your analysis.
2. References to grades on the Authentic, Person-First, and Hopeful scales.
3. If you considered something that happened in the movie, which was not related to Authentic,
Person-First, and Hopeful, then describe a scene that illustrates what happened.
4. Include at least one sentence about how you made your decision about the color of your heart.
The sentence(s) should answer the question: Why did you give the movie a _____ colored heart?
5. Clearly state the heart color in your justification.
Requirements: Quality of the Justification for the Hopeful Grade
When you show and write a clear sentence about the color of your heart, you are sharing your
opinion. Your opinion is your opinion, so you will not be graded on whether I think it is correct or
incorrect. When I grade your justification, I will focus on accuracy and logic. I will consider the
following aspects of your justification when I evaluate quality:
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The color of the heart is consistent with the explanation of how you made the
your decision about the heart’s color.
Clear and Concise writing demonstrating a good writing mechanics, grammar
and spelling.
Points will be deducted if you
â–ª Give a dark green heart to a movie with lower grades and/or which
creates negative feelings unless you explain why that doesn’t affect
your rating.
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Give a dark grey heart to a movie with higher grades and/or which
creates positive feelings unless you explain why that doesn’t affect
your rating.
Include your feelings about the entertainment value, acting,
cinematography, etc. to justify the color of your heart.
Helpful Hints
You don’t need to include examples from the movie
Most of the scenes in the movie that might influence your rating you will probably have already
mentioned in your justifications for your Authentic, Person-First, and/or Helpful
grades. However, you may find a scene that has a profound effect on your (and/or others)
feelings about people with mental illness and their families, which is not relevant to grading
these scales. If this is the case, you must describe the scene or provide an example of the issue
in your justification for Overall Quality.
Ask yourself questions like:
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Would I feel good about having this person as a neighbor?
Would I be excited to see this person at family celebrations?
Would I want to help this person if they were having a problem?
Would I want to invite this person to be a member of church group,
community committee, study group?
Would I want to get coffee with this person?”
Pay attention to your feelings
The feelings that come up as you answer the question will help you understand how an audience with less
mental health literacy might feel. Do your best here to acknowledge your motivation to want to give
answers showing that you are not prejudiced or would never discriminate. We know that you are all
good people who want to avoid this. However, implicit biases do affect how we react to individuals who
have mental illnesses, and emotions that arise when witnessing difficult, unusual, or frightening
behavior. We can recognize and have these feelings when we write an Overall Quality justification, while
at the same time affirming our desire to get beyond them to the stance of having unconditional positive
regard and a commitment to appreciating and including people with mental illness in our day-to-day
lives.
Think about if your ratings are consistent with the Grades you gave on the Authentic, Person-First,
and Hopeful Scales.
If a movie gets good grades on these scales, then it is likely a quality movie (green or light green heart), but it
doesn’t have to be. There may be something in the movie that makes you go, “I don’t think it is a high quality
movie.” It may be that gut feeling you got right after watching the movie. It may be that a therapist
misbehaved and therefore, people should not be mislead by the green heart. The same may be true for a
poor quality movie – the three scales could have low grades, but there may be some redeeming aspect of the
movie (i.e., people in the community showed a lot of love and support for the person’s family). This may lead
you to feel like it just isn’t right to give it a dark or light grey heart.
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