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• ENG 225 Entire Course Introduction to Film New
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• ENG 225 Week 1 DQ Effective Use of Aesthetic
  Choices
• ENG 225 Week 2 Assignment Genres and Genre Film
• ENG 225 Week 2 DQ Genre Theory

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• ENG 225 Week 1 DQ Effective Use of Aesthetic
  Choices
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• Effective Use of Aesthetic Choices. Think about
  how you watch film and how the aesthetic elements
  work together to create meaning for the viewer
  audience. Some of the important elements to
  consider are editing, cinematography, and
  lighting. Analyze each of these aesthetic choices
  by following the instructions below.
• Editing visual transitions between shots that
  work to move the story forward.
• 1. Watch the following clips. Each demonstrates
  the effective use of editing.
• ? The baptism murders The Godfather (8/9) movie
  clip (1972) HD
• ? A Beautiful Mind (4/11) movie clip - Nash
  cracks the code (2011) HD ? The shower Psycho
  (5/12) movie clip (1960) HD
• 2. Choose one of the clips and analyze the
  effective use of editing in one short paragraph.
  In your analysis, describe the transitions
  between specific shots and the overall effect
  this has on the scene.

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• ENG 225 Week 2 Assignment Genres and Genre Film
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• Genres and Genre Film. After reviewing the
  discussion of genre in Chapter 8 of Film From
  Watching to Seeing, demonstrate your
  understanding of one selected genre using a
  feature-length film. 
• Note Several films are listed in Chapter 8 as
  emblematic of a specific genre. You are allowed
  to choose a film or genre not mentioned in
  Chapter 8, but you are strongly encouraged to
  email your professor to receive approval before
  doing so.
• In 800 to 1200 words
•   ?Explain genre theory and, using Chapter 8 of
  the text as a reference, thoroughly describe the
  conventions
• and attributes of your selected genre.

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• ENG 225 Week 2 DQ Genre Theory
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• Genre Theory. Genre, a category of artistic
  production characterized by similarities in
  composition and style, is a term used to discuss
  literature, music, art, and film. It is
  particularly useful in critical applications
  because it distinguishes a work within a context
  of similar works. In film, we are familiar with
  certain broad genre categories such as horror,
  science-fiction, romance, or drama. 
• Understanding genre helps provide the viewer with
  certain expectations about the film. For
  instance, the film The Conjuring trailer (Version
  2) is of the horror genre and thus can be
  discussed in context with other horror films.
  More specifically, it is of the sub-genre,
  supernatural horror, so it can be discussed in
  context with, say, The Exorcist trailer. Making
  this distinction enables the audience to situate
  their reaction within a particular framework.

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• ENG 225 Week 3 Assignment Establishing Theme
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• Establishing Theme. Select a movie from AFIs 10
  Top 10 lists and explain how three cinematic
  techniques and/or design elements have helped
  establish a major theme in that film.
• In 800 to 1200 words
• 1. Describe a major theme of the movie you have
  selected using evidence from the movie itself as
  well as
• course resources and other scholarly sources to
  support your position.
• 2. Identify at least three techniques
  (cinematography, lighting, acting style, or
  direction) and/or design

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• ENG 225 Week 3 DQ The Impact of Cinematography
  and Editing Options docx
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• The Impact of Cinematography and Editing Options.
  Explore movie clips from the Movieclipswebsite or
  the Internet Movie Database IMDB. Choose a clip
  that you wish to analyze. The clip you choose
  must be from a film (preferably from a film with
  which you are familiar) not a film trailer or a
  mash- up. Re-watch your chosen movie clip while
  closely observing the mise en scene, making sure
  to analyze the placement and movement of
  characters and props in the scene as they relate
  to camera shots, color, and lighting, and other
  elements of cinematography.
• In your discussion, analyze at least three
  elements of cinematography and editing (e.g.,
  lighting, color, shots, focus, transitions, and
  types of cuts) by evaluating the dramatic impact
  of the scene. Interpret the scene based on your
  analysis. In your

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• ENG 225 Week 4 Assignment Final Film Critique
  Preparation
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• Final Film Critique Preparation. Look ahead at
  the Final Film Critique and review the
  instructions carefully. Use this time to prepare
  for the completion of your project. Review the
  feedback from your Week Two and Week Three
  assignments and integrate the suggested changes.
  Be sure to reach out to your instructor if you
  have questions.

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• ENG 225 Week 4 DQ The Cinematic Auteur Theory
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• The Cinematic Auteur. Auteur theory in film
  suggests not only that a director is the primary
  author of a film, but also that the film must be
  analyzed within the context of the directors
  other films.Directors create certain expectations
  with their films much in the same way authors
  create certain expectations with their writing.
• As you construct your initial post, focus on the
  importance of auteur theory in film analysis and
  interpretation.
• 1. Name a director who you would consider an
  auteur and explain your reasoning.
• 2. Discuss the arguments against auteur theory
  and provide examples to support your points.

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• ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 1 The Impact of Evolving
  Technologies
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• The Impact of Evolving Technologies. There are
  many ways in which technology is affecting the
  production, distribution, and appreciation of
  films. According to the first letter of your last
  name, respond to your designated topic. Indicate
  Topic A or Topic B in the Subject of your post.
• Topic A (Last names beginning with A through M) 
• Think of how CGI, animation, and other advances
  in digital technology have changed the ways in
  which stories are told on film. Choose a film and
  discuss the importance of these advancements to
  its success as a mode of storytelling. How might
  it have been told differently, for better or
  worse, without these technological advancements?

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• ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 2 Film Analysis and Its
  Applications
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• Film Analysis and Its Applications. As you have
  learned in this class, film is a far- reaching
  medium with the potential to affect the greater
  fabric of our culture. Our understanding this
  potential and our ability to analyze it reach far
  beyond just this medium and into all areas of our
  social structures and culture. For example, the
  practice of closely analyzing particular films,
  which weve honed in this course, is the same
  practice of analysis which you will find in other
  courses or in learning any new skill.

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• ENG 225 Week 5 Final Paper Film Critique
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• Focus of the Final Film Critique
• Throughout this course, you have been compiling a
  blog and writing essays that analyze various
  elements of film such as theme, cinematic
  techniques, and genre. It is now time to combine
  those elements into a comprehensive analysis of
  one movie.
• You will be completing this assignment in two
  stages for the first stage (1500 to 1800 words),
  you will analyze an entire movie in the second
  stage (300 to 600 words), you will reflect on how
  you analyzed the movie as well as how your
  ability to analyze film in general has evolved.

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• ENG 225 Week 5 Final Paper Film Critique
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• For more course tutorials visit
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• Focus of the Final Film Critique
• Throughout this course, you have been compiling a
  blog and writing essays that analyze various
  elements of film such as theme, cinematic
  techniques, and genre. It is now time to combine
  those elements into a comprehensive analysis of
  one movie.
• You will be completing this assignment in two
  stages for the first stage (1500 to 1800 words),
  you will analyze an entire movie in the second
  stage (300 to 600 words), you will reflect on how
  you analyzed the movie as well as how your
  ability to analyze film in general has evolved.

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