Category: Movies

Discuss the following topics within your paper with examples from the film.

Must Discuss the following topics within your paper with examples from the film:
Film Form
Realism/Anti-Realism
Genre Conventions
(Theme, Story Formula, Character Types, Setting)
Mise-en-scene
(Composition & Design)
Cinematography
(Framing & Kinesis)
Lighting
Acting
Editing
Sound
DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON THE FILMMAKER AND THE FILM!

The first three sources include
Brodnax, Shana. Black Camera; Bloomington, Ind. Vol. 15, Iss. 2, (Fall 2000): 6
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2016. 10163415
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/04/24/why-i-love-the-smart-sensuality-of-love-and-basketball/

Reflect on the role of creative expression in communicating what it means to be human.

Refer directly to specific moments in the film in your answer to illustrate your thinking

Question and challenge social, cultural, and aesthetic issues in the film

Reflect on the role of creative expression in communicating what it means to be human

In a well-organized essay, compare the idea of what it means to be human using the film, Her, and comparing that idea against another example from another work of art (painting, photography, poem, literature, film, etc.) with the goal of

Creating your own definition of contemporary human experience. Make sure to address the diverse nature of the human experience (given factors such as time, culture, setting, or medium). Using at least 2 readings from your Being Human text, explain how your ideas connect to themes from throughout the semester.

Why do you think the filmmaker and/or showrunner made that decision and what affect does it have on the viewing experience?Does the text conform to the three-act structure (set-up, confrontation and resolution) as described by Syd Field?

This assignment task requires you to complete a screening analysis sheet from a film or television show of your choice. STARWARS THE PHANTOM MENACE

You are required to complete screening analyses from a film or television show of your choice.

In your analysis consider the following questions:

Does the text conform to the three-act structure (set-up, confrontation and resolution) as described by Syd Field?

Why do you think the filmmaker and/or showrunner made that decision and what affect does it have on the viewing experience?

Key concepts and terms you may use in your analysis include: Diegesis; restricted and omniscient narration; protagonists and antagonists; story and plot; exposition; ellipsis; climax; and closure.

Discuss aspects of film form and styles such as mise-en-scène, sound, cinematography and editing—however, you are not required to do so.

 

Does this alter your view of the film? Read some of the modern criticism of the book/film versus the adulation the film has received over the years. Do you agree or disagree with the critics and why?

Film Evaluation on To Kill A Mockingbird
Adaptations/Film & Society
The classic film To Kill A Mockingbird was released in 1962 in the midst of the civil rights movement of the U.S. Not only is it an adaptation of a classic novel, but clearly a film to address the social unrest and inequities of the justice system.

Gregory Peck won the Oscar for his portrayal of the great, benevolent, defense attorney Atticus Finch. However, many were shocked with the release of Harper Lee’s book, Go Set A Watchman to discover an elderly Atticus Finch upholding white supremacy and segregationist views. Does this alter your view of the film? Read some of the modern criticism of the book/film versus the adulation the film has received over the years. Do you agree or disagree with the critics and why?

Film link: To Kill a Mockingbird Official Trailer #1 – Gregory Peck (1996) HD

Film link: To Kill A Mockingbird
https://www.pbs.org/video/to-kill-a-mockingbird-1962-lnfoaz/

Book: The Art of Watching Film
Read Chapter 13 & 15
Go to Page Overview for Chapter 13 – Adaptations & Chapter 15 – Film & Society
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/63236307/the-art-of-watching-films-8th-edition-by-dennis-petrie

What creative modes of resistance and/or survival are enacted by characters marginalized within your selected media?How does your selected media deepen, shift, or expand your understanding of interlocking systems of oppression including white supremacy, patriarchy, and ableism?

Disney film part 2
Demonstrate a theoretical framework for critical analysis of Disney representations in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, and nation

Demonstrate writing skills in feminist critical analysis on the politics of representation

Discuss and explain general concepts and themes in feminist film and media studies

Analyze the intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, and nation

How does reading your selected film(s) or television show(s) together deepen, shift, or expand your initial analysis and/or understanding of Disney media?

Informed by intersectional and other feminist frameworks, how are gender, race, sexuality, class, disability, and other intersecting social categories depicted within your selected media?

How are masculinity and/or femininity articulated within your selected media?

What flows of power and/or resistance are evident in your selected media?

What implicit and/or explicit narratives are told within your selected media?

When was this media produced? How does it reflect or relate to this moment or other broader social contexts?

How does your selected media affirm and/or trouble systems of oppression and their norms?

How does your selected media deepen, shift, or expand your understanding of interlocking systems of oppression including white supremacy, patriarchy, and ableism?

What creative modes of resistance and/or survival are enacted by characters marginalized within your selected media?

How was this media received by critics and/or the public when it was initially released? Have these attitudes shifted since its initial release? What are the possible implications or meanings of these attitudes?

Compare or contrast the film analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho with the medical or psychological diagnosis of Norman Bates. Is it possible to learn from the film’s fiction to allow us to see a “real world” perspective on serial killers?

Compare or contrast the film analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho with the medical or psychological diagnosis of Norman Bates. Is it possible to learn from the film’s fiction to allow us to see a “real world” perspective on serial killers?