Category: Film studies

Please read the To-Do List and Prompt Questions. I will include the reading. You can find the movie for free most places. Please don’t hesitate to contact me for clarifying questions. You do not need additional sources; just the ones I included, which is a total of three.

Choose one of the following films: Arrival, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Edge of Tomorrow, Cloverfield,
Mars Attacks! E.T., Alien or 28 Days Later and answer the three (3) questions listed below. Your
response should be in MLA format, be approximately 750 words in length and use complete
sentences. However, it is not a formal essay and does not need to include a formal introduction,
body or conclusion. Please include a works cited page with the film that you have chosen. Do not do
any additional research for your response, this is your opinion on the film you have selected!
Select a film listed above and answer the three (3) questions below. Be sure to use specific examples from
the scenes you have chosen and include at least one (1) direct quote for each answer you provide (OR
citations with the timestamp if the scenes you have chosen don’t feature dialogue). Please see the attached
Evaluation page for exact format & requirements
1. Jules Verne suggested that a main difference that exists within the sci-fi genre is that some stories
“were built around tested and proven science” while others “were more fantasy”. Would you
consider your film to be a work that is built on realism or fantasy?
2. When designing aliens, some filmmakers rely upon image while others infuse their extra
terrestrials with symbolic value. Neil Blomkamp, director of District 9 wanted viewers to have an
immediate reaction to seeing the aliens, “I thought with the aliens, you’d think, ‘I don’t want to
sit next to that on the bus, they look insane, they look barbaric… And that’s why their design
reflects that. They are gross.” While with 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick decided that
when it comes to his aliens, “What we’re really dealing with here is, in fact, a scientific definition
of God.” Does your film primarily focus on the use of image and design when representing the
alien (or zombies – shout out to 28 Days Later!), or does it focus on the symbolic value of what
they represent?
3. Finally, does your film offer an optimistic or pessimistic vision of the future?

Choose at least two American films that represents more than one class. One film should have been produced prior to 1960. One film should have been produced from 1980 to the present

summarize the important aspects of each chapter A Companion to the Horror Film Edited by Harry M. Benshoff (Wiley Blackwell)This week is Chapter 2. one full page single space and typed (Times New Roman font #12, narrow margins all around). around 800 word count Ill be attaching the book

Introduction
1. Broadly:
a. What is historiography?
b. Why is it important in the context of film?
c. How is it conducted? (four types; aesthetic, economic, social, technological)
2. Why is a historiographic analysis of Bahraini film and cinema important?
a. It’s early contributions to the MENA region are overlooked
b. How are you going to examine those early contributions?
i. Economic – the impact of the discovery of oil on Bahrain broadly and the film industry specifically
ii. Technological – as a result of economic changes, the importation of new technologies was made possible and these changed the way films were recorded (camera) and circulated / received among audiences (projector and cinema spaces).
iii. Social – Following these economic and technological changes, practices of viewing film moved from private to public spaces and led to new forms of government censorship and regulation to control the circulation of Bahraini films.
3. How are you going to analyze the economic, technological, and social contributions Bahraini has made to the film industry in the region.
a. You are going to examine the material economic impacts of the discovery of oil as it led to a massive influx of economic capital and spurred the arrival of foreign workers from around the world.
b. You are going to explain how the importation of technologies enabled Bahraini’s to record their own home videos (camera), conduct private viewings (cinemas) and reinforced social divides where wealthy people were able to engage with film and participate in discussions (soirées)
c. You are going to connect the economic and the technological to conclude that as a result of these changes there are new practices of film viewing and increased government regulations to control how “publics” watch films and attend cinemas.
You must provide references with well-known names in film historiography and provide definition of film historiography method

Try to summarize the important aspects of each chapter A Companion to the Horror Film Edited by Harry M. Benshoff (Wiley Blackwell)This week is Chapter 1. one full page single space and typed (Times New Roman font #12, narrow margins all around).

Try to summarize the important aspects of each chapter A Short History of The Movies 11th edition, By Gerald Mast and Bruce Kawin. This week is Chapter 5&7 one full page single space and typed (Times
New Roman font #12, narrow margins all around).

HIGH QUALITY LINK: https://vimeo.com/695517513 Password: for assigned writer
Write: An Essay of 300-500 or more words.
There are 2 parts to this assignment.
1. Who was Michelanglo Antonioni?
2. Write your critical observations about the film including how the story is told including the social/cultural context of the film? Consider the Hays Act.
You will need to research additional information from Wikipedia, IMDb, Critical reviews or other off-screen sources. Please identify the source(s) with “quotation marks” *1 and site the source with identifying foot notes.
*1 Roger Ebert, Review, 1998, Chicago Sun Times.
Please be specific.
Please type your paper: 12 pt.

Under the Skin received acclaim for Johansson’s performance, Glazer’s direction, and Mica Levi’s score. It received numerous accolades and awards; it was named the best film of the year by various critics and publications, was included in many best-of-the-decade lists, and is ranked 61st on the BBC’s 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century list.

Write a 300-500 word essay on your OBSERVATIONS of HOW the story is told using the following tools – in no particular order.

Types of shots. Length of shots. Sequences. Color. Sound. Score, Landscape, Tone/Mood, Action-Reaction, Emotion & Casting.

Suggestion: Is the significance of the story achieved by the power of its comment on the human condition?

Any written essay statement NOT seen or observed on the screen MUST properly footnoted.

JULIEN DONKEY-BOY, Director Harmony Korine, 99 minutes, 1999, USA

https://ia801802.us.archive.org/13/items/julien-donkey-boy-1999-1777300671023/Julien_Donkey-Boy_1999 1777300671023.ia.mp4

You may need to copy and paste the link. I works. I watched it.

Julien Donkey-Boy was the first American film made in accordance with the Danish filmmaking manifesto Dogme 95.

As students of film history it is imperative to watch independent work. This is one such piece that demands attention.

Write a 300-500 word essay on your OBSERVATIONS of HOW the story is told using the following tools – in no particular order.

Types of shots. Length of shots. Sequences. Color. Sound. Score, Landscape, Tone/Mood, Action- Reaction, Emotion & Casting.