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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
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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
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rative 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
foreshadowing used differently between the two
storytelling methods?
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ENG 225 Week 1 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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?
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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, including the
following setting, lighting, costuming, makeup,
and hairstyles. Choose a scene from
movieclips.com. In a three to five page paper,
(excluding the cover and reference pages) analyze
the mise-en-scène.
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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
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.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
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ENG 225 Week 2 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 Assignment Final Film Critique
Draft For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   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 a. Introduction with thesis statement b.
At least five body paragraphs c. Conclusion d.
Reference page
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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
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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? Jaws (1975) You've Got
Mail (1998) The Mask (1994)  
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ENG 225 Week 3 Quiz   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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? 4.
Question Which of the following tends to
be true of silent film acting as opposed to sound
film
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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 the way that films are analyzed by
critics and
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ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 2 Elements of Genre For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.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 Week 4 Quiz   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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
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
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ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 2 Criticism and Commentary
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ticism 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
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ENG 225 Week 5 Final Film Critique   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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. Use the list of critical
analysis questions provided in your textbook as a
guide while writing your paper. Areas that must
be covered Storytelling
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