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ENG 225 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Entire Course (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eng225homework.com ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 1
An Evolving Industry ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 2
Narrative and Storytelling ENG 225 Week 1
Quiz ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and Acting ENG
225 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of Cinematography ENG 225
Week 2 Assignment Elements of Design ENG 225 Week
2 Quiz
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ENG 225 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 1 An Evolving Industry
(Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.
com 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 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 2 Narrative and Storytelling
(Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.
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?
How are elements like character development or
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ENG 225 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 1 Quiz (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eng225homework.com 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
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ENG 225 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 2 Assignment Elements of Design
(Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.
com 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 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and Acting (Ash)   FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.com 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 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of Cinematography
(Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.
com 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? How does the
cinematography contribute to symbolism and/or
metaphors in the clip?
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ENG 225 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eng225homework.com 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 Week 3 DQ 1 Frame by Frame (Ash)   FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.com 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 
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ENG 225 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 2 Music and Soundscapes
(Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.
com Music and Sounds capes 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 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 3 Quiz (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eng225homework.com 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 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cinematic Auteur
(Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.
com 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? How does auteurist theory
affect the way that films are marketed? How does
it affect the way that films are analyzed by
critics and audiences? 
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ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 2 Elements of Genre (Ash)   FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.com 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 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 4 Quiz (Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eng225homework.com 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?  4. Question Why was The Birth of a
Nation such a controversial film, in spite of its 
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ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 1 Focus on Society (Ash)   FOR
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on Society Just as some books are preserved and
regarded as having had obvious effects on society
(such as Lolita, 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). Our text
tells us that the impact of these movies is 
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ENG 225 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing
ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 2 Criticism and Commentary
(Ash)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eng225homework.
com 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. To what degree
does the review acknowledge the public perception
of the film?
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ENG 225 Week 5 Final Film Critique (Ash)   FOR
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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. Use the
list of critical analysis 
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ENG 225 HOMEWORK Learn by Doing