Composition


Prelim Research Report – Office Space
July 7, 2007, 1:26 pm
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The discursive role I have chosen to write about is soon to be college grad in the workplace.
This will mainly revolve around my experiences in office work/internships and possibly
include some future endeavors, interview process etc.
I picked this role because it is the most relevant in my life right now and will be for a
lot of college grads.
 I picked office space (movie transcript) to frame my discourse around, a lot of what I
experienced already is very similar to concepts revealed in the movie.
I was laid off due to consultants then hired back. Getting laid off even at my age put me
through a variety of emotions like questioning my self-worth,
success, even though the laying off had much of nothing to do with me personally.
Now that I was hired back for the summer I notice the company
looks completely different, I have met all sorts of personalities that exist within
 Office Space.
Here are a few rough samples of some figures I would use.

Being Managed 
Bill
Yeah. If you could just go ahead and make sure you do that from now on,
that will be great. And Uh, I'll go ahead and make sure you get another
copy of that memo Mmmm, Ok?
Motivation
BRIAN
Oh. Sounds like a case of the Mondays.
Self-Worth 
TOM
They're bringing in a consultant - that's how I know. That's what this
staff meeting is all about! That's what happened at Initrode last year.
You have an interview with a consultant and they bring in efficiency
experts. You're interviewing for your own job!
 Representation
 JOANNA
That's where you know, suspenders and buttons and all sorts of stuff.
We're, uh, we're actually required to wear fifteen pieces of flair.
quite stupid actually.

There are many other concepts within the movie I will use.
To fill in gaps I may include The Office (I prefer british version :) ) series
in addition to some poetry, critical philosophy and narratives.

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