Description For the longer essay, I want you to pick two things we read or watched this semester and compare the portrayal of evil in them. You could pick your two favorite texts, or two things that made you think the hardest, or two things that you think paired well, or maybe two things that […]
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Discuss What did the author do that fulfilled or fail to fulfill your expectations? Have you come away with questions you think are worth exploring? If the issues raised in the essays and films were more widely known, what social impact do you think they would have? Why do you think so?
Summary portion (approx. 500-1000) words Describe the central theme/problem identified by the Week’s reading(s) and film. Why is this of concern to the author/filmmaker/interviewee? – It is a good idea that as you read or watch film that you underline or note key phrases that grab your attention – You are looking for something that […]
Discuss at least two feature-length films and at least three shorter films to support your response.
Description Address the representations of non-White Americans in the United States during the silent film era. Consider such representations from the earliest days of the silent cinema era until the late 1910s. Address both the racist representations and the responses to them. As for the responses, consider both film responses and commentary/criticism. Using the films […]
Introduce the genre of historical drama? What the historical drama films are?Discuss
Questions: Introduce the genre of historical drama? What the historical drama films are? Why these films are important for the audience ( educational purposes, and to remember all these talented people and what they brought to our culture and art) Examples and analysis of the film Sin and the portrayal of Michelangelo Buonarroti in film.
Compare and contrast the two films of Satoshi Kon, Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress.
The assignment description reads: Compare and contrast the two films of Satoshi Kon, Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress. Some topics you might consider in your discussion: Analyze the films regarding ideas of the gaze, use supporting references from: Susan Napier,” ‘Excuse Me, Who are You?’: Performance, Gaze and the Female in the Works of Kon […]
Discuss your views on how drug use is depicted in film. In general, do you think that movies celebrate or warn against drug use?
Drug use has been depicted in the movies for decades. A quick internet search of “list of drug films” will reveal hundreds of movies. Arguably, the best depiction of drug use and users in film is found in the film Requiem for a Dream (2000). Discuss your views on how drug use is depicted in […]
Discuss how two of the films compare in their treatment of one of the following typical “thematics” favored by Hitchcock: -Marriage -The Criminal Female -Desire
Discuss how two of the films compare in their treatment of one of the following typical “thematics” favored by Hitchcock: -Marriage -The Criminal Female -Desire Please organize your paper as an argument. Be sure to refer to formal strategies used by Hitchcock to cultivate the spectator’s sympathy or sense of identification with the characters as […]
