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The goal of the assignment is to provide you with grader feedback–again, no grades at all–on your ideas about the final Close Analysis. There are several grading criteria for the “Close Analysis” essay (see the assignment for the full list). But this assignment will focus ...
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Film: Point Break (1991/dir. Kathryn Bigelow/2 hrs. 2 min./Tubi) Key terms · Persistence of vision: The tendency for one image to persist or linger on our retina as the next image enters our perception, contributing to the illusion of motion pictures. · Frame: the smallest ...
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Assessment 1: Revision Journal (1000 words) due Monday 14th October, by 5pm (10%) The revision journal consists of two entries at 500 words each, answering two questions (listed below). These exercises are designed to help you practice essential skills for Film Studies, which will help ...
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For this assignment you will be given the first 10 scenes of a published feature screenplay. You will write the slugline, followed by a short synopsis of the scene (one or two sentences MAX), followed by an analysis of the function of the scene. The ...
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Film: Shadow of Doubt (1943) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock, Starring Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten https://archive.org/details/shadowofadoubt1943_202003 Videos that breakdown different kinds of camera shots, movement, sizes, and most common transition devices. While most of this should be familiar from Essential Cinema, these videos include samples from both ...
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