Movies

In the movie Wonder Woman (2009) directed by Lauren Montgomery, the audience is presented with the princess of the Amazons and embodiment of American pop culture feminism, Diana, Queen Hippolyta’s daughter in the DC comic.  She is depicted as being made of sand by her mother, and brought to life by the gods, particularly Hera, of the ancient Greek pantheon.  After Steve Trevor, a womanizing Air Force pilot who crash lands on Diana’s homeland of Themyscira, the Amazon queen holds an Olympic like contest to identify the Amazon most fit to escort Trevor to his homeland, the USA.  Hippolyta forbids Diana from participating, fearful that Diana will succumb to Trevor’s masculine charms and face ruin, as Hippolyta once did when the god of war, Ares, betrayed her.  After winning the competition, the Diana and the rest of the Amazons learn that Ares escaped his bonds with the help of Persephone, a traitor to her people, when she kills Alexa, her partner in guarding Ares that day, and is wreaking havoc upon the world. Artemis, the fiercest Amazon besides Diana, still blames Alexa for “allowing” herself to be murdered, stabbed in the back by her sister, Persephone. With Trevor by her side, Diana, now Wonder Woman, eventually dispatches Ares, saving the world from his unquenchable wrath and unholy influence.  Since Trevor is depicted as a womanizing “dog,” yet with Diana trusting him, the audience, and you, the writer, is faced with a question: is Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman’s sidekick and love interest, actually a feminist?  If so, how?  If not, why? Be sure to pick three key scenes to argue your main claim, such as the scene in the alley; the hospital scene, and another of your choice; say, the end scene when she prepares to battle her arch-enemy, Cheetah, and rebut a counter-argument for each claim.              Write a five paragraph, four to five-page essay in MLA format arguing your stance.  Think of yourself as a writer for an arts review section of a college magazine or newspaper, and that your audience is made up of students and faculty.  Print a copy to read aloud from and to write on with a pen for workshop! Make certain you include a Works Cited section that lists the film, and anything else you might quote within the text of your essay

Write a position paper on your thoughts on the Lord of The Flies movie with a specific approach on how leaders are chosen and why do they in fact gain power over others.  Also, within the context of this paper, let me know how you think that a situation such as this turned otherwise normal children into what they had become on the island.  This transition from normal to controlling (power) is a very strong theme within the study of leaders and leadership.

We are to submit a 2000 word report on the movie Contagion (2011). We’re encouraged to be creative in our approach. The report may take any form/approach we wish – I have decided to build a website. I am very tech savvy with websites. The aim of the report is to be accessible to the general public while relying on scientific research and reflection. The goal of the report/website is to communicate to the public how we should proceed with addressing COVID-19 by connecting with the general public via a discussion of a popular film (Contagion). The report/essay must answer the following questions. 1. Provide a summary of the film you reviews. 2. Identify the similarities and differences of the pandemic in the film when compared to the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. Identify one thing the film accurately portrayed and one thing the film inaccurately portrayed about how the public responds to the pandemic in the film relative to how the public has responded to COVID19 4. Critically reflect on how the film portrayed the outcome/resolution (e.g., how was the situation dealt with), and whether or not the film’s representation can be justified scientifically. We do not expect you to dive deep into the science, but instead to do some basic research and to rely on the knowledge you already know about COVID-19. Using the film as a “launching point”, communicate two strategies you think that can be adopted to address COVID19 over the next months that are unique or build upon existing strategies. I just want a 2000 word report that answers the 4 questions (perhaps 500 words for each answer). I would use the report in a creative approach later by creating it into a website. Using the ideas and format from the report.

you will write  1) segmentation 2) Critique  3) write clear thesis and see the teacher notes on the example from last year students work 4) The movie you will critique and write movie segmentation on is Bad Hair 2013 directed by mariana rondon. please read the instructions clearly!

Write a opening that is *thick* with visual exposition. Cover the following question: When? Where? Who?  Also aim to give us some sense of the relationships in the story.

Love and Basketball (2000)-Film to analyze Your final paper for this course will be a film analysis. You may choose any film as long as it is listed in the American Film Institute’s Catalog of Feature Films  (Links to an external site.) . If your film is not listed in this catalog, you must choose to analyze a different film that is listed within this catalog. Your film must be a standalone movie with a theatrical release (i.e. it cannot be a television show or episodic internet program). Movies that are sequels are acceptable for this assignment, as long as they are listed in the AFI catalog.  Once you have selected a film, you will watch it and analyze it, ultimately putting into text an analysis that offers the reader greater insight into the nuances of the motion picture and techniques the filmmakers used to craft the story and messages behind it.  By this point you should have a variety of tools with which to tackle this assignment. We have covered multiple aspects of filmmaking, including design elements such as lighting, color, framing, actor and camera movement, etc. We have also discussed historical influences of the evolution of various genres, as well as the film industry as a whole. We have looked at the strong influence directors possess during the filmmaking process. Beginning this week, we’ll look at several ‘criticism’ videos which critically analyze specific films. Pay attention to how the films are analyzed within these videos to get a sense of how to talk about films from an analytical perspective. These short videos will be helpful for thinking of topics and areas of discussion for your selected film. Use as many of these topics as required to craft a thorough analysis that meets the listed criteria of your film analysis.   Your paper must meet the following criteria: Must be a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file Document must be uploaded to Canvas in the module when the paper is due (highlighted below). Do not email the paper to me. I will not accept it and you will receive a zero on the assignment.  12 point Times New Roman or Arial font Written in paragraph form 1200 word minimum (not including references) MLA Style Bibliography citing your sources, including the movie(s) you cite in your paper. For examples of how to cite movies, interviews, and other non-traditional sources (in MLA style), see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/09/  (Links to an external site.) To reiterate a common mistake in student film analysis papers; do not merely discuss what happens in a film – that is a plot synopsis, and is not what you are being asked to write. While plot is a component of what you’ll write about, you want to tie in other aspects of how the visual and aural experience of your selected film helps to tell a story and deliver deeper meaning about the content of a film.

This paper is to discuss the overall aesthetic of the movie Fargo not review it chronologically.

The assignment asks you to consider the scene in isolation from the rest of the film. You may watch the entire film if you wish, but you will be graded on the precision with which you are able to describe the sequence and the quality of your ideas about its possible meanings. Your task, then, is twofold: 1) to describe what you see as clearly as possible (you do not need to use filmic terms); and 2) to explain what it might mean (literally, thematically and symbolically).

Discuss one theme from BIG LEBOWSKI and illustrate how the formal elements (mise-en-scene [costume, hair make-up, props, set, composition], camera, [camera angle, shot size, camera movement, subject movement, lighting, etc.]) and the narrative (story, plot, dialogue, characterizations, etc.) reinforce that theme? Discuss only one theme from one movie — focus on the formal elements that express this theme.

write a little essay on why is american psycho a good movie to work with. why is it a good movie?