A) EDITING= 25% Answer BOTH of the following questions on editing. Analyze one of the movies assign ...
A) EDITING= 25% Answer BOTH of the following questions on editing. Analyze one of the movies assigned for Week Twelve or Week Thirteen. 1 Identify which movie you are analyzing . Decide what the BEST description of the editing style is, and explain why you think so, using specific evidence and at least two examples of scenes, which you describe so the scene can be identified (describe and explain why this is an example of that style: classical cutting, thematic montage editing, realist editing, cutting to continuity.) 2- Identify which movie you are analyzing. Pick examples from the first 15 minutes of the film. Pick THREE of the following terms, and identify the shots where you saw the technique (describe the shot and give the minutes/time stamp). Explain why you think it’s that technique: jump cut, rhythmic editing, eyeline match, matching action, graphic match, cross-cutting, reverse angle shot, establishing shot, sequence shot, wipe/dissolve/fade, flash forward/flash back B) ACTING= 25% Answer BOTH of the following questions on acting, Analyze one of the movies assigned for Week Twelve or Thirteen. PICK A DIFFERENT MOVIE THAN THE ONE YOU ANALYZED FOR A) EDITING. 1- Analyze the acting of TWO of the actors (this term includes men and women) and Include Reader (Viewer) Response theory in your analysis. Do some online research on other films the actors you are discussing have been in, and what their roles were like in those films. Pick at least two other films. If you have seen one or more of the films, you can use them. What are their characters in this film like? How does this compare to other roles they have played? Do you think they have a broad or narrow range? Are or were they famous enough to be considered a star? How does this affect our expectations for the character? Explain why. 2- Pick several personality traits of the character, and discuss what techniques the actor uses to portray those traits. Choose the appropriate terms to describe their technique and acting from the following technical terms: expressionist, realist, high energy, low energy, close to the lens, broad range, narrow range, type cast, cast against type, persona, iconography. Discuss how they use this acting technique: facial expression, body language, tone of voice, etc. C) GENRE= 25% Pick ONE of the movies from Week 12 or 13. Identify which movie it is. It should NOT be a movie you did a Discussion Board on. Explain which genre best decribes it (Thriller, Puzzle Mystery, Police Procedural, Heist Movie, a combination of genres- which?) Explain what features make it that genre (or genres.) Support your answer with examples. Explain what genre stage it is in: Primitive, Classic, Revisionist, Parody. Support your answer and give examples. D) ANALYSIS= 25% 1- Analyze any one of the movies assigned for Week 12 or Week 13, using your own taste and expertise (reader response.) How good is this movie as a film? What are its strong and weak points, in terms of Photography, Mise-en-scene, Movement, Sound, Acting. (For example, the camerawork is amazing, but the acting is second-rate…) Why do you think so? Examples? How did you like it, and why? Who should go see it, and who should not? 2- How well does this film work as a mystery? How closely does it follow the rules? Which rules does it follow? Which rules does it break? Why do you think so? Explain your examples. Pick three rules that are most important for this particular mystery.
