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ENG 225 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 ENG 225
Week 3 DQ 1 Frame by Frame ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 2
Music and Soundscapes ENG 225 Week 3 Assignment
Final Film Critique Draft
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ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 1 An Evolving Industry For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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 Week 1 DQ 2 Narrative and
Storytelling For more classes visit www.snaptutori
al.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?
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ENG 225 Week 1 Quiz For more classes
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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
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ENG 225 Week 2 Assignment Elements of Design For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.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,
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ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and Acting For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of Cinematography For
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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?
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ENG 225 Week 2 Quiz For more classes
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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? 4.
Question In the collaboration between
actors, directors, and writers, the role of the
actor is
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ENG 225 Week 3 Assignment Final Film Critique
Draft For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
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 Week 3 DQ 1 Frame by Frame For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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 used in
the film clip you chose. What types of shots are
used?
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ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 2 Music and Soundscapes (Ash
Course) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m 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 Week 3 Quiz For more classes
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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? 4.
Question Which of the following tends to
be true of silent film acting as opposed to sound
film acting?
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ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cinematic Auteur For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 2 Elements of Genre For more
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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 For more classes
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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
technical brilliance?
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ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 1 Focus on Society For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Focus 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
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ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 2 Criticism and Commentary For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.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.
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ENG 225 Week 5 Final Film Critique For more
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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 questions provided in your textbook as a
guide while writing your paper.
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