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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Entire Course (Ash)
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  • ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 1 An Evolving IndustryENG 225
    Week 1 DQ 2 Narrative and StorytellingENG 225
    Week 1 QuizENG 225 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and
    ActingENG 225 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of
    CinematographyENG 225 Week 2 Assignment Elements
    of DesignENG 225 Week 2 Quiz

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 1 An Evolving Industry (Ash)
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  • An Evolving Industry. How are the Internet and
    other technologies currently affecting the ways
    in which movies are produced, distributed, and
    exhibited? Are the changes having an impact on
    the quality or depth of the films? Provide
    specific examples as you explain your point of
    view.

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 2 Narrative and Storytelling
    (Ash)
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  • www.eng225.com
  • Narrative and Storytelling. Explain the
    difference between a films story and a films
    plot. Use a specific film to illustrate your
    point of view. In the film you chose, are the
    events presented chronologically or are they
    presented non-linearly? What might a filmmakers
    intentions be when he or she chooses to present
    events chronologically or in non-linear order?

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 1 Quiz (Ash)
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  • 1. Question What is the most
    important role of a film critic?
  • 2. Question What is the most
    likely reason that theatrical movies have
    survived competition from television and various
    home video formats?
  • 3. Question In a scene from Butch
    Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the title
    characters are holed up inside a building
    discussing their plans for future bank robberies
    while the audience is shown the entire Bolivian
    army gathering outside to kill them. The
    filmmakers are making use of what literary
    element in this scene?

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 2 Assignment Elements of Design
    (Ash)
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  • Elements of Design. During the process of
    envisioning and designing a film, the director,
    production designer, and art director (in
    collaboration with the cinematographer) are
    concerned with several major spatial and temporal
    elements. These design elements punctuate and
    underscore the movement of figures within the
    frame, including the following setting,
    lighting, costuming, makeup, and hairstyles.

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and Acting (Ash)
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  • Actors and Acting. The text defines five types of
    actors Impersonator, Personality, Star, Wild
    Card, and Character. Come up with examples of
    each type of actor (in addition to those
    identified in the text) and explain in detail why
    you think they fit each particular category.

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of Cinematography (Ash)
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  • Tools of Cinematography. Choose any film clip
    from Movieclips.com (preferably from a film with
    which you are familiar). After reviewing your
    chosen scene, explain how cinematography is used
    within that scene. How does the cinematography
    inform the setting? How does it inform the
    characters? What do the choices made by the
    cinematographer tell you about the mood at this
    point within the story?

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)
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  • 1. Question Which special effects
    technique is being used in television weather
    reports in which meteorologists stand in front of
    moving maps?
  • 2. Question Which of the
    following is true of the differences between film
    acting and stage acting?
  • 3. Question What is another name
    for the cinematographer?

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 3 Assignment Final Film Critique
    Draft (Ash)
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  • Reflective Paper Draft. Review the final Paper
    instructions in Week 5 of the online course or in
    the Components of Course Evaluation section of
    this guide. Then, visit the Ashford Writing
    Center located under the Learning Resources tab
    on the left navigation tool bar in your online
    classroom. The outline must contain

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 1 Frame by Frame (Ash)
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  • Frame by Frame. Choose one of the following video
    clips for the discussion
  • Psycho (1960)
  • A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  • Considering one film is from 1960 and the other
    produced in 2001, there are clearly differences
    in what the filmmakers were able to do. Describe
    the style of editing that is used in the film
    clip you chose.

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 2 Music and Soundscapes (Ash)
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  • Music and Soundscapes. Using the video clips,
    below, identify and describe the three basic
    categories of sound in film as described in the
    text. Which of the three categories is prominent
    in each of the clips? How does the use of sound
    inform the mood of the scene? Does it complement
    or work against the scene?

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 3 Quiz (Ash)
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  • 1. Question What is the name of
    the process used to create everyday sound effects
    in films?
  • 2. Question What is the correct
    technical name for the music that plays in the
    background of a scene while the action takes
    place?
  • 3. Question According to
    scholars, what is one way the advent of talking
    pictures changed the behavior of movie audiences?

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cinematic Auteur (Ash)
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  • The Cinematic Auteurist. Much in the same way
    people have favorite authors who create certain
    expectations from their writing, we have the
    auteurist theory in film. Explain why the
    auteurist theory has become so important to film
    analysis. What are some arguments against
    auteurist theory?

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 2 Elements of Genre (Ash)
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  • Elements of Genre. After watching three of the
    five movie clips listed in the Multimedia
    section, above, describe how they fit into a
    specific genre (or subgenre) as explained in the
    text. What elements of the film are
    characteristic of that genre? How does it fulfill
    the expectations of that genre? How does it play
    against these expectations?

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  • ENG 225 Week 4 Quiz (Ash)
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  • 1. Question Which of the
    following films is an example of the classic
    screwball comedy?
  • 2. Question Which critic is best
    known for opposing the auteur theory?
  • 3. Question What is a term for
    cheap, quick westerns that were churned out in
    large numbers?

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 1 Focus on Society (Ash)
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  • Focus on Society. Just as some books are
    preserved and regarded as having had obvious
    effects on society (such asLolita, Lord of the
    Flies, and Orwells Animal Farm and 1984), there
    have been a number of films that we look back
    upon which have clearly had cultural resonance,
    or became part of a social dialogue were perhaps
    still engaged with today (see Figure 9.1 of the
    text).

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 2 Criticism and Commentary
    (Ash)
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  • Criticism and Commentary. Reviews for movies are
    readily available through newspapers, magazines,
    blogs, and other print sources. Metacritic.com
    provides full reviews for a multitude of movies.
    Find a review for a film, preferably one that you
    have seen. According to the distinctions made in
    Chapter Ten, how is the reviewer approaching the
    film.

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ENG 225 Innovation is Our Tradition
  • ENG 225 Week 5 Final Film Critique (Ash)
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  • Focus of the Final Film Critique
  • Review the critical analysis questions in the
    Conclusion and Critics Resource section of
    your textbook. Write an eight to ten page film
    critique (excluding the cover and reference
    pages) of an American feature film of your
    choosing.

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