Choose ONE of the movies listed below and access it. Each movie is available through some online source (e.g., Netflix). Review the questions below BEFORE viewing the movie so you know what aspects of the movie to investigate. During or after the movie, answer each of the questions listed in this document. Please remove all excess spaces from the document (between questions), and then save it to your computer (keeping it as a WORD document). Then email it as an attachment to dena@mcneese.edu.…
You can choose up to 6 films (3 points each) to view and prepare a short (1-2 pages, typed, black ink, 12 pt. font, double spaced) paper discussing the film. You may want to choose one film from each group but that is not required. Please include the time of the class you are enrolled in and staple your papers. I will not accept emailed extra credit.…
For this film analysis paper, I choose a scene from the movie E.T the extraterrestrial. E.T the extraterrestrial is a 1982 science fiction movie. The movie commences with the extraterrestrial E.T and his comrades collecting plant specimens, at this time government agent’s show to the scene…
In Ridley Scott’s film “Alien” the world is introduced to new slimy villain in this 1979 horror sci-fi film. That villain is no other than an alien predator whose instincts is to kill anything moving. The alien is stuck in a commercial spacecraft that has six human crew members and an android. After reading articles about science fiction films I really understood how unique and ahead of its time this film was. it doesn’t go the same route that other sci-fi films go through during the 1970s like the Star Wars (1977), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and Close encounter of the Third Kind (1977).…
Films intend to stimulate, inform and challenge us; there are many ways, both subtle and unsubtle that filmmakers use to express ideas and information. The notions of the familiar and unfamiliar are crucial to the construction of the science fiction film. The familiar is used to connect the viewer, while the unfamiliar is used to create a comfortable distinction between the film and reality and to show grand ideas that may not be expressed without far out imagery or iconography. The film Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott shows many notions of the familiar and unfamiliar for effect, these notions in many ways are crucial to the success of the film in expressing its message and ideas.…
Movies of all genres, ranging from Gattaca to Star Wars to Finding Nemo, all have something in common; they all had a science consultant to help filmmakers get the science part of their fictional world right. In this chapter of Kirby’s book Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science, Scientist, and Cinema he argues the strong connection that exist between the cinema/filmmakers and science institutions/communities.…
The film industry can create an image for genders, race, class, sexuality, nationalities, and even eras through the roles and story lines of characters in a film. More recently, the film industry has begun to combine two different eras of films and even combine two different genres of film. In the film Cowboys and Aliens, the writers and directors are able to depict the different roles of genders and classes that existed in the West back in the 1870s, as well as incorporating modern day ideologies into the Western film. This is done using a diverse group of individuals coming from a vast range of classes, all meeting up and recognizing that they are all different, but need…
This final essay will reflect how cinema has evolved as an industry and shaped American society. The paper’s first section will focus on four technical advantages that brought change to the Hollywood film industry. The second section will emphasize four major events that had an impact on American cinema.…
To compete Part I, choose a movie you have viewed in the past (this does not have to be from the University of Phoenix: How Films Communicate Film List ). Review the following example in the table and then complete your information by inserting the title of your movie and completing the entries for time and place, costume, and set design, writing in complete sentences. For your final entry, describe the atmosphere created by the combination of film elements discussed in Ch. 1 of Film and how they contributed to your liking or disliking of the movie. Submit Part I in Week One.…
The movie I chose, takes place in the, “not too distant future”, where parents choose their children in a lab based on how healthy they will be. This is a report on the moral dilemmas that this film proposes to the audience. The main character struggles with his identity and uses another to gain access to a job of his dreams.…
Your Study Guide offers a discussion of “Thinking and Writing about Film” (Supplementary Unit 2, pp. 127-133) which is part of the assignment for the start-up, and again for the week when this paper should be completed. The accompanying broadcast (shown only in the first week during the summer term, but with repeated broadcasts in the longer spring…
Directions: Watch ONE of any of the films noted above. Record your reactions while watching the film. When finished, write a paper that includes the following: the title of the film, director’s name, and year it was made, a brief summary of the movie (no more than one paragraph), a brief account of your personal reaction (what impact did the viewing the film have on you?), and a historical analysis of the film (analysis of historical accuracy). The final portion of the historical analysis is the most important part of your paper, and should be the longest, most in-depth portion of your analysis. HINT: some of these movies will not be historically accurate. You must identify these aspects in your paper with citation for correct information.…
Select two or more films from this course and compare and/or contrast them, using one or more of the above criteria (shared themes, etc.). SUPERFLY and DUTCHMAN…
The 21st century is an era greatly influenced by "reality television”. If we’re not trying to keep up with the Kardashians, we’re watching Big Brother, Bachelors/Bachelorette, and Flavor of Love. This is a contrast from the 20th century, which was the era of the silver screen, the era of cinema. Rather than having little to no imagination like television today the films of this time era pushed the boundaries of our imagination and fulfilled and captured our wildest dreams. Two of the greatest movies of this time were A Trip to the Moon, directed by Georges Méliès (1902) and The Great Train Robbery directed by Edwin Porter (1903).…
Rudd, Jay. “Back to the Future as Quintessential Comedy.” Literature/Film Quarterly. Volume 19. Issue 2. (1991): 127+. ProQuest Central, ProQuest. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.…