Question Description Do The Right Thing answer ALL questions below: 1- When you watch a film, is the story (plot) more important than its visual presentation (art direction, camera angles, lighting, editing, sound, music, performance, etc.) or the opposite AND Why? 2- What Spike Lee's films have you seen?...
Question Description Essay Question: Film style is not just how a film looks, but how a film works. How do theories such as mise-en-scene, auteurism and genre help to illuminate the specificity of cinema as a medium—its ‘workings.’? In your answer you must focus on ONE of...
Question Description This assignment has two parts. Please be sure to answer both parts. Please read the following two reviews of "Mission: Impossible -- Fallout" (2018), one from the New York Times, and one from the Los Angeles Times. Here is a link to the NYT review: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/movies/mission-impossible-fallout-review-tom-cruise.html Here is...
Question Description Choose any film that is familiar and appealing to you and look up the log line on IMDb. For example, the log line for "Deadpool" (2016) is, "A fast-talking mercenary with a morbid sense of humor is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him...
Question Description This assignment has two parts. Please be sure and answer both parts. Discuss the following with your classmates: How does Hollywood conceptualize sexuality?The old adage is "Sex sells." Is this true of Hollywood films? What research is there to either confirm or contradict the prevailing...
Question Description This assignment has two parts. Please be sure and answer both parts. Discuss the following with your classmates: What stereotypes does this film examine? Discuss when these stereotypes emerged? Do these stereotypes exist today? Where? How? Part Two: End your response with a thought-provoking question to assist further...
Question Description This assignment has two parts. Please be sure to answer both parts. Please read the following two reviews of "The Jungle Book" (2016), one from the New York Times, and one from the Los Angeles Times. Here is a link to the NYT review, "Recycled 'Jungle...
Question Description This assignment has two parts. Please be sure to answer both parts. Please read the following two reviews of "Alien: Covenant" (2017), one from the New York Times, and one from the Los Angeles Times. Here is a link to the NYT review: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/movies/alien-covenant-review-ridley-scott.html?_r=0 Here is a link...
Question Description This question has two parts. Please be sure to answer both parts. Part One: Describe cinema as an art form. How does it relate to photography, painting, theater, music, and other art forms? How does film communicate meaning in relation to at last one other...
Question Description This assignment has two parts. Please be sure and answer both parts. Part One: Here is a list of "13 Must See Film Festivals in 2017." https://best2017filmfestivals.com/ Which festival looks most appealing to you and why? Where is the film festival nearest you? Might you ever...