Music Apreciation

Description: Choose an excerpt from two concerts, one of a pop or rock concert of your choice and one of a performance of music from the Classical Era (1750-1800 AD) chosen from the list below.  Watch approximately 10 minutes of each concert.  (Please note: The Rock or pop concert you choose should be one you … Read more

Sonata

Check out this page called: https://www.pianotv.net/2016/10/sonata-form-mozart-k545/ -What is a movement? Is it similar to anything in popular music?-Briefly discuss the similarity between “pop structure” song form (verse, chorus, bridge, etc.) and sonata form (exposition, development, recapitulation, etc.? -How has your perception of this piece changed from when you first listened to it in week 2?

Concert Report

The Three Tenors London  1996 https://youtu.be/BSPuY-YLe-w Each concert report must be 275-300 words, typed, double-spaced, and summarize, in detail, your concert experience. -Did the singers seem to have outstanding voices? Did the instrumentalists seem to be producing beautiful sounds? Did the performers’ body motions add to or detract from the musical effect? -The parts and … Read more

Art

In an organized essay of 250-350 words, discuss, describe, and analyze how the artist uses shape and line in Fukagawa Lumberyards.  Is there a dominant line?  If so, what is it and what makes it the dominant line?  Does the artist use horizontal lines?  Where are they in the composition?  Describe this  — use directionals … Read more

Art

We see original works of art adapted for other than their original use.  For example, Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, about 1503, has appeared on mugs, watches, beach towels, flip flops, and in advertisements for pasta sauce, among other things.  Your assignment is to find an example of an original work of art being … Read more

Man with a movie camera

Identify the film as either exemplary of a REALIST or FORMALIST approach, and use the designated reading materials to find specific ways to support this identification. Watch the film: Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929) Identify the film as either exemplary of a REALIST or FORMALIST approach, and use the designated reading materials … Read more

Response Essay

Submit on Canvas by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. one essay responding to the two texts The Laramie Project / Fires in the Mirror ). What do you notice in terms of narrative, structure, themes, and relevancy today? What connections can you draw between the plays and theoretical concepts? What questions come up for you as … Read more

Response Essay

Please write a thoughtful, thorough 3-page response to the film performance (M. Butterfly). https://www.amazon.com/M-Butterfly-Jeremy-Irons/dp/B0079D93L8(this video required 2.99 renting fee) Here are some questions to get you started. These questions are to be used as a starting point. You do not need to answer every question. Please do not write a list of bullet points/answers. Support … Read more

transmedia adaptation

Introduce a transmedia work that belongs to the genre of the week IP dramaSource text: Iron man (comic)Target text: Iron man series 3. Summarize and explain the similarities and differences between the source text and target text in terms of narrative plot and visuality, and then offer an explanation. 4. Quote at least one assigned … Read more

Media Industries in East Asia

Select ONE from the following topics: include 10 reference1. Select any specific aspect(s) of media industries in two of the following five mediasystems China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and compare it/them.Discuss the similarities and/or differences between the two. Specific aspect(s) can be:media history, media content, media control/regulation, media policy etc. 2. Select … Read more