What am I trying to do here?

I'm trying to meet the English 102 requirement this semester, and this is my research blog.  The instructor says that if I follow the prompts for the blog, it will help me with all of the projects for the class.  I sure hope so.  I think that I write okay, but at my high school we didn't have to write any long papers, so I don't know if I should be worried about that.  Anyway, I'm going to be writing my research paper on a film.