Category: Film/Movie Review

 

 

[GUIDELINES] PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. All responses must be drawn from course material (readings, lectures, discussions) and you must properly cite all references. Answers and pages must be clearly numbered. Your margins should be no larger than 1.25” and your font should be 12-point Times New Roman. Please note that a paragraph is typically at least five sentences long.
No late exams will be accepted. Exams must be submitted via email before 11pm on Tuesday, December 15.

[PART I: SHORT ANSWER – 15 points total]
For each short answer, write a well-developed paragraph that addresses all parts of the question or prompt. Each question is worth 5 points.

(1) What is visual sovereignty? Identify and explain the significance of visual sovereignty and how it connects to Indigenous films/filmmaking and representation. Provide at least one detailed filmic example of how visual sovereignty is asserted or depicted in an Indigenous film.
(2) Identify and explain key aspects of that comprise Indigenous films. Although there are complex discussions surrounding what does and does not constitute Indigenous films, there are minimum required components that define Indigenous films and filmmaking. How is a Native film different from a non-Native film? What elements must be present for a film to be an “Indigenous” one? Why is this significant?
(3) Pick one Indigenous film (Smoke Signals, Cherokee Word for Water, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Winter in the Blood, etc.) to identify and discuss how cultural or political sovereignty is emphasized, asserted, and communicated to audiences. How are distinct political identities and cultural beliefs or customs represented? Please provide detailed specific examples from the film as evidence.
[PART III: ESSAY -10 points]
Choose ONE of the two prompts below. For each prompt, write a short essay of at least 500 words that addresses all parts of the question.

(1) Discuss the similarities and differences between Smoke Signals and Winter in the Blood. How do the main protagonists, Victor Joseph and Virgil Fist Raise, compare? How do the narrative themes (examples include violence, poverty, racism, identity, and loss) connect or diverge? What about the role and depiction of Indigenous women? How do these films communicate “Indianness” and Indigeneity? Please give specific filmic examples to support your argument.

(2) Select one Indigenous film (Smoke Signals, Cherokee Word for Water, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Winter in the Blood, or even Pow Wow Highway) to compare to a non-Native film from earlier in the semester. How do they compare in terms of a Native vs. non-Native film? What are the key characteristics of each? How is the Indigenous film significant in terms of a “Native aesthetic”? Please provide detailed examples from both films to examine a comparison of the cinematic representation of Indians.
[Extra Credit -3 points]
What is your favorite film we watched this semester? In a short paragraph, please explain what particular film resonated most with you and why.

 

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[GUIDELINES] PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. All responses must be drawn from course material (readings, lectures, discussions) and you must properly cite all references. Answers and pages must be clearly numbered. Your margins should be no larger than 1.25” and your font should be 12-point Times New Roman. Please note that a paragraph is typically at least five sentences long.
No late exams will be accepted. Exams must be submitted via email before 11pm on Tuesday, December 15.

[PART I: SHORT ANSWER – 15 points total]
For each short answer, write a well-developed paragraph that addresses all parts of the question or prompt. Each question is worth 5 points.

(1) What is visual sovereignty? Identify and explain the significance of visual sovereignty and how it connects to Indigenous films/filmmaking and representation. Provide at least one detailed filmic example of how visual sovereignty is asserted or depicted in an Indigenous film.
(2) Identify and explain key aspects of that comprise Indigenous films. Although there are complex discussions surrounding what does and does not constitute Indigenous films, there are minimum required components that define Indigenous films and filmmaking. How is a Native film different from a non-Native film? What elements must be present for a film to be an “Indigenous” one? Why is this significant?
(3) Pick one Indigenous film (Smoke Signals, Cherokee Word for Water, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Winter in the Blood, etc.) to identify and discuss how cultural or political sovereignty is emphasized, asserted, and communicated to audiences. How are distinct political identities and cultural beliefs or customs represented? Please provide detailed specific examples from the film as evidence.
[PART III: ESSAY -10 points]
Choose ONE of the two prompts below. For each prompt, write a short essay of at least 500 words that addresses all parts of the question.

(1) Discuss the similarities and differences between Smoke Signals and Winter in the Blood. How do the main protagonists, Victor Joseph and Virgil Fist Raise, compare? How do the narrative themes (examples include violence, poverty, racism, identity, and loss) connect or diverge? What about the role and depiction of Indigenous women? How do these films communicate “Indianness” and Indigeneity? Please give specific filmic examples to support your argument.

(2) Select one Indigenous film (Smoke Signals, Cherokee Word for Water, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Winter in the Blood, or even Pow Wow Highway) to compare to a non-Native film from earlier in the semester. How do they compare in terms of a Native vs. non-Native film? What are the key characteristics of each? How is the Indigenous film significant in terms of a “Native aesthetic”? Please provide detailed examples from both films to examine a comparison of the cinematic representation of Indians.
[Extra Credit -3 points]
What is your favorite film we watched this semester? In a short paragraph, please explain what particular film resonated most with you and why. ( I choose film winter blood)

Describe and discuss the cinematic style of ONE of the following filmmakers:
Federico Fellini, Mizoguchi Ozu, the Coen Brothers, or Christopher Nolan. You will have to be very concise in the aspects of their style you choose to discuss(keep it to no more than 3). Make sure you reference at least 3 films at different periods the filmmaker’s work. (Footnotes not included in the 5 page work)

 
Address content, context, and consequence in depth, with special attention to how they connect with major course themes (historiography, translation and transmission, theatre and performance as a social product, performance as cultural survival, etc.) and theoretical lenses (feminism, materialism, human development etc.). The paper should not be a summary of that event/text/performance but an analysis of how and why it is significant.
The essay should include a works cited page, properly formatted. It should include at least 5 secondary sources, not including the topic source itself. Wikipedia (and its kind) will not be accepted as viable sources.
Important: paper MUST be MLA formatted.

Describe and discuss the cinematic style of ONE of the following filmmakers: Federico Fellini, Mizoguchi Ozu, the Coen Brothers, or Christopher Nolan. You will have to be very concise in the aspect of their style you choose to discuss (keep it to no more than 3). Make sure you reference at least 3 films at different periods in the filmmakers work.
Please try to write the essay very clearly and easy to understand

Investigate and explain the motivating factors for film, television or games companies to provide transmedia delivery for their audiences.
Provide examples and provide an analysis of the companies’ motives.
Provide examples and provide an analysis of the companies’ motives.
This subject will require research into issues surrounding ethics and intellectual property rights.
You must also find some of your own sources and reference them in the Harvard style. If you use internet sources make sure they are authoritative and not taken from user generated sites such as Wikipedia or from blogs and forums.

Try to use some of the phrases in the last page (course outline).One of the requirement for the project is to use phrases we use it in our reading or class.Basically, in that class every week we watch movie and discuss it. The project is to pick two movie, one in the class and one outside the class and connect them with a thesis about film and social jusice. Regular academic paper (12 pg.). Talk two movie, theme connect them together (social justice)
Here are some of the list watched movie (IN CLASS)
1)play salt of the earth
2) Incident at Oglala (Native American). with some of paradise lost and the after math
3)The Brandon Teena
instructor says gender identification good for final paper (HBO Documententry middle sexes), why the marchant can’t be land
4) ”Sicko” My favorite movie
5)Inside Job
6) ‘Miss representation”

My favorite two movie is sicko and inside job. Pick one of them, watch that movie and find similar movie to the movie you pick it and write an academic paper on them based on the instruction that I have it

Write a critical analysis over the use of semiotics in the film Inception. The main points I was going to focus on were, Editing, Sound/Score, and Camera Placement.

 
The essay is about French Director Jean-Luc Godard’s film ‘Contempt’ (1963) and the relationship between Europe and America, as well as the significance of nationality in transnational contexts of film production.

The short essay must have a thesis statement at the beginning of the piece.

 
Media Analysis: Learning a Lesson through Film

Every text conveys meaning; at the same time, those messages are not always taught to us directly. Often, stories will teach their audiences a lesson about life in a subtle way. By being a critical reader and observer, audiences can come to thoughtful conclusions about what a text is trying to teach them. For this assignment you be writing an argument about a specific message that a film is trying to teach its viewers.

In this essay you will be required to pick a movie of your choice from the films listed below and use analysis to support your argument regarding what the film is trying to teach its viewers. You will perform an analysis of the theme or message that you have uncovered in the text. Your essay must have a clear interpretation of the text you have chosen to analyze.

The goal of this essay is to lead your readers through your analysis with a clear explanation of the meaning you have found. You will essentially be arguing for a specific meaning in the elements of the text based on the evidence that the text alone has provided—that means no outside sources!

***Remember that you will need to include a brief but informative summary of each element that is being analyzed, a clear interpretation of what the element represents or conveys, and a reasonable explanation of how each component of the film supports for your argument***
Choose one of the following movies:
Lilo & Stitch
The Road to El Dorado
The Emperor’s New Groove
The Princess & the Frog
Mulan
Up

ParaNorman
Beauty and the Beast
Tangled

Requirements:
¬ 3½ pages
¬ Double-spaced
¬ Times New Roman and size 12 font
¬ Third-person perspective