The film I chose was the 1998 'Big' starring Tom Hanks.
The film starts with Josh Baskin in line to go on a ride at an amusement park. Directly behind him is a cute girl he knows from school, who strikes up a conversation with him. When he gets to the front, he is smaller than the wooden cutout used to determine whether one is big enough to go on the ride.
Moments later, he puts a coin in a fortune telling machine and is told to make a wish. In the wake of his embarrassment, he, innocently enough, wishes that he were big.
To his astonishment, when Josh awakes the next morning, his wish has been granted.
Though still a twelve year old child in every respect but physically, his is longer recognisable to his mother, he must leave home and, once he learns that resolving his problem will take a long time, has no choice but to try to make his own way This means getting a job and mingling in the world of adults.
As it turns out, the job he gets at a toy manufacturer is perfect for him, as his insight into what toys kids will like greatly impresses senior management, and leads to an executive position.
Josh is attractive to a female executive in is company, Susan Lawrence, and the result is a romantic interlude which, due to his in-experience, he is largely incapable of handling.
Eventually, he shares his secret with her, but, at first, she doesn't believe him. As she gets a closer and closer look at his behaviour, however, she comes to understand.
Finally, Josh finds the arcade machine that had granted his wish, and wished to have the original wish undone, returning to his mother after weeks away form home.
In the final scene, Josh is again back to his 12 year-old form, physically, after waving goodbye to Susan who takes him back home.
Reflection
Although I had prepared for the presentation, I still felt very anxious about presenting in front of others. When it eventually came to be my time to present, I tried to remain composed and calm whilst delivering the film synopsis and accompanying visuals.
Upon opening the presentation, my first visual was missing - although I didn't let this affect me and simply apologised and moved on. In addition to this someone came into the room during my deliverance however I carried on and ignored the potential distraction.
I then continued to deliver the information without much reference to my notes, and believe despite my nerves, I was able to deliver the presentation with some confidence.
Feedback
The feedback I received was generally positive, however it was said that the presentation was perhaps too long.
The visuals in support of the synopsis were good, visuals which successfully made clear the structure of the film (start, middle, end) - with particular emphasis on the end slides that provided a natural close to the presentation.
It was noticed that despite having notes present, I was able to deliver spoken content appearing natural without being distracted by the paper and allowing it to divert my attention from the audience.
The way I handled the missing slide and entrance of another person during the presentation was received well as it appeared to have no affect on my deliverance.
My deliverance of the presentation was perceived as confident, which I was surprised at considering the nerves I felt during my time at the front.
Additional pointers regarding the presentations given by the group as a whole were to try and avoid showing how many slides you have altogether as this can have negative perceptions from the audience if the number is large as they anticipate a lengthy presentation.
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