Any topic (writer’s choice)

Read DOING FILM HISTORY, by David Bordwell:http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/doing.php (Links to an external site.) This essay is an important tool for navigating papers and discussions for this course. Choose FIVE of the following questions to answer in Canvas. Using Bordwell’s arbitrary designation of any film older than 20 years being “old”, what “old films” have you seen … Read more

Writing Assignment: Descriptive Analysis Paper (short format video)

Writing Assignment: Descriptive Analysis Paper (short format video)Choose a short format video-based performance, film,  commercial, music video, live performance, etc.  (somewhere in the 3-7 min range). Use Description and Analysis to locate physicality, movement themes, gender codes, character/role, narrative, etc. as it relates to themes of Masculinities broadly.  Consider the context or time period from … Read more

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Read DOING FILM HISTORY, by David Bordwell:http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/doing.php (Links to an external site.) This essay is an important tool for navigating papers and discussions for this course. Choose FIVE of the following questions to answer in Canvas. Using Bordwell’s arbitrary designation of any film older than 20 years being “old”, what “old films” have you seen … Read more

WAR

using the internet and the articles provided as resources, research the major issues relating to wars around the world, and how they affect civilian populations.  Answer: What are the social justice issues associated with war?How should these issues be addressed?What is ‘justifiable warfare’?How did the film you watched this week address the issue? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GyzesoiT6I … Read more

The arch of titus

The background of the arch of Titus and the movement of the actual arch, as well as the visual aspects using description visual analysis and research. Combine adescription, visual analysis, and research. Interpretations come from the questions raised by looking closely and doing research. They follow up on things that you find interesting. They go … Read more

Music

Please don’t bid on this essay if you are not good at hearing music theoretically. I need 3 paragraphs comparing and contrasting “Autumn Leaves” as performed by Oscar Peterson, Bill evans and Mccoy Tyner and I need you to go over what tempos they play in, the bassline, the soloing ideas and in what key … Read more

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a bone disease marked by brittle and fragile bones. In this assignment, you will explore this disease in more detail using the scenario below. Scenario: During a recent visit with a female relative, the relative informs you that she has been diagnosed with osteopenia, a precursor to osteoporosis. In order to help your … Read more

reading response

requirement:Please write a one-page response comparing and contrasting the work of 2 contemporary Native artists and their approach to depicting meaningful indigenous relationships to the land.Your reading responses are tools for working through the material and thinking about how the material can relate (or not) to your own scholarly, artistic, and social justice interests. They … Read more

transmedia adaptation

source text: TV drama: Journey to the West Target text: film: A Chinese Odyssey 1. 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. 2. Quote at least one assigned reading of the week and refer to a … Read more

AFI top 100

Watch Forrest GumpWalter M: https://nofilmschool.com/2016/11/6-rules-good-cutting-according-oscar-winning-editor-walter-murch#:~:text=Walter%20Murch’s%20Rule%20of%20Six&text=Murch%20talks%20about%20six%20different,in%20importance%20in%20his%20eyes. discuss the film from the perspective of its editing. How would you apply Walter Murchs theories to the movie? What creative choices did the editor(s) make about the pacing and style of the edit? Why do you think they made those choices? Do you feel they were effective? Why/not? How … Read more