Category: Film studies

To complete this ASSESSMENT, you must conduct a comparative analysis and demonstrate your comprehension using a PowerPoint presentation.

To complete this ASSESSMENT, you must conduct a comparative analysis and demonstrate your comprehension using a PowerPoint presentation
To meet the requirements of this assessment, you must choose two movies and perform the following tasks: 
Identify, and research each of the following task components and present your discoveries as a comparative study. 
Support the work with precise film vocabulary. 
Assemble the comparative study in a clear, logical, and visually appropriate manner  
Provide an equal treatment of the two films you’ve selected for the study. 
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE GIVEN DOCUMENT : 

3 pages written, add to it to make 8 pages, will upload outline draft. there is no prompt this is for a horror movie class the instructions were to write whatever you want. Stick with the movies already in the draft.

Discuss the role of music in a single film. You can choose any film that you like, even if it is discussed in the text. You are not limited to Hollywood films, as international films are acceptable.
You should choose a film that you enjoy and can watch multiple times. Films are available at the CSULB library media center if you do not have access.
In your paper, do not simply summarize the plot. It should NOT look like the Viewer Guides. Please focus
on the music. Here are some possible approaches:
• A narrative approach allows you to talk about the film as it unfolds and analyze the music as it appears in the film. This is the easiest approach and also the least interesting. Still, a good paper that focuses on music can achieve an A grade.
• You can choose some of the basic qualities of film music (see Chapter 4) and treat one or more separately. This places the emphasis on music more than in the narrative approach.
• Taking a point of view is the most challenging, thoughtful approach. It is especially recommended as a practice for those going to graduate schools.
Decide on a point of view about the music in the film and support your view in a logical manner that does not depend on the narrative or the mechanical listing of musical characteristics. Possible subjects: the role of source music in a film; how does music reflect changes in a character or situation; how does music support the theme or message of a film.
3 pages, doubled space

Create a documentary on how African dance is healing to the body for an instructor who taught it for twenty-five years and. a new student who is trying It for the first time.
Logline (up to 40 words)
Synopsis/treatment (up tp 450 words)
Topic Summary (up to 111 words)
Artistic Approach (up to 270 words)
Filmmaker Statment (up to 400 words)

Choose one (1) film and write an essay of approximately 1,700 words or seven doubled-spaced pages. The films are available at the film Library or possibly online.
Hello,
I am enclosing essay topics for the major paper. If possible, I would like a double-spaced hard copy of your paper submitted in class next Monday, May 6. You can refer to an article(s) found in the course kit. Please note the usage.
The essay should be approximately 1,7000 words.
1) Discuss Robert Rossen’s Body and Soul as a critique of the American success story and, by implication, its dependence on capitalist enterprise. Consider the relevance of the film’s opening scene, in which Charlie Davis/John Garfield calls out to Ben/Canada Lee. Discuss the function of the film’s principle female characters. Is the film’s ‘happy ending’ justified?
2) Using Andre Bazin’s “The Evolution of Film Language” (course Kit) discuss Elia Kazan’s Panic in the Streets as an example of ‘realist’ filmmaking. Focusing on Dr. Clinton Reed/Richard Widmark, discuss the the film’s portrait of American life in both its pubic and private sectors. Can Dr. Reed be considered a hero figure in the traditional sense of the classical cinema? 3) Consider Robin Wood’s auteurist reading and Margaret Tarratt’s genre reading of Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks’ The Thing from Another World (1951) (course Kit). Are the two articles compatible when constructing a critical reading of the film? The Thing is a product of the Cold War. Does that make it a reactionary film?
4) Discuss Leo McCarey’s My Son use of the nuclear family as a means to address American values. How coherent is the film in what it’s saying?
5) Vincente Minnelli’s The Bad and the Beautiful, a film about Hollywood and the studio system, was released at a time during which the industry was struggling financially and as a cultural institution. What do you consider to be the film’s attitude towards its subject matter? CHOOSE ONE PLZ