iscuss if you defend or condemn the romantic philosophy. Be sure to include examples from your personal life, thoughts, or actions to support your view.
Should government organizations, like the French Academy, exist today? Should they be able to set some standard, whatever it may be, that all works of art of a certain genre must measure up to in order to be produced. If so, where and how should censorship come into play. Why or why not? Be sure to use at least 2 examples from the modern world of entertainment/pop culture to justify your position.
Read the interview transcript excerpts I supply of our interview with Barbara T. Smith on October 26 and November 2, 2020.
Choose one question and answer section of 1 pages in length.
Use the following structure:
-Introduction
-Concise 1 or 2-sentence statement of the working idea you are trying to test by editing this question the way you do.
-Which are the techniques you will use to edit your question: choose from the two options listed below.
-The results: Present the supporting observations and evidence of technique in a clearly organized format as a middle section of your document.
-Reflection on results: Write this in no more than two paragraphs.
-Conclusion: Write this in one paragraph.
October 26 Interview
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/395299606 (Links to an external site.)
Password: smith
Part 1: https://vimeo.com/395818634 (Links to an external site.)
Part 2: https://vimeo.com/396192681 (Links to an external site.)
Password: smith
CW1 ESSAY QUESTIONS
1. Psychoanalysis is a common methodology applied to the analysis of horror and science fiction texts, especially when examining the maternal female body. Discuss the creation of the monstrous feminine in a film of your choice (do not use Ridley Scotts Alien), and what this representation of monstrosity conveys about gender relations, patriarchal society, and the creation of the abject.
2. What is Afrofuturism and why is it considered to be a current popular trend in contemporary Science Fiction? How does Afrofuturism engage with issues of Blackness within the conventions of the genre? Discuss in relation to at least two films.
3. 1950s alien invasion films played on fears of the time to create strong feelings of paranoia, with the ultimate goal of creating conformity in its audience. Discuss this statement in relation to a 1950s alien invasion film and one made after 2000. Are alien invasion narratives inherently conservative texts?
4. Dystopias gener
The Classic Theatre has decided to hold a Gothic Film Festival and they have asked you to provide a film review of your favourite scary movie to showcase on opening night. Write a critical review arguing why the movie Hereditary directed by Ari Aster should be the main film of the festival.
These are the promts that you have to write from this movie:https://fau.kanopy.com/playlist/10741221
How is your chosen scene constructed for an audience in terms of mise-en-scene, editing, camerawork, and sound? Describe the way in which this scene is stylistically presented to an audience using the terms we've learned in this class. It may be challenging to discuss all of these elements, but focus on the stylistic choices in staging, camerawork, editing, and sound that strike you as the most significant.
[Tip: With this description, notice how stylistic decisions establish connections or oppositions among people, things, actions, settings, etc.]
2. What is happening in your selected clip from a story point of view? In other words, what important narrative developments are communicated by your chosen scene?
[Tip: The ease or difficulty of this section may depend on your scene selection. Classical narrative structures - su
Below are the three prompts you have to reply to from this movie: https://fau.kanopy.com/playlist/10741221
1. How is your chosen scene constructed for an audience in terms of mise-en-scene, editing, camerawork, and sound? Describe the way in which this scene is stylistically presented to an audience using the terms we've learned in this class. It may be challenging to discuss all of these elements, but focus on the stylistic choices in staging, camerawork, editing, and sound that strike you as the most significant.
[Tip: With this description, notice how stylistic decisions establish connections or oppositions among people, things, actions, settings, etc.]
2. What is happening in your selected clip from a story point of view? In other words, what important narrative developments are communicated by your chosen scene?
[Tip: The ease or difficulty of this section may depend on your scene selection. Classical narrative struct
Abstract must contain at least 250 to 350 words. Outline should have a strong organization with a minimum of 5 paragraphs. Each paragraph has a one to two sentence description. A minimum of 6 scholarly sources are listed in Chicago Style formatting. Other instructions are attached, please go over it carefully.
Is making art out of issues raised by globalization socially useful, neutral, or counter-productive? In what ways? How might Burtynskys documents and/or Cole's or Luttringer's alter the way the viewer thinks about globalization? Use a minimum of 12 photographs, 4 from each of the three photographers to discuss in detail and to support the points you make in your essay.
Read:
The Globalization Website, Emory University. http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/theories.html
http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/
http://www.lensculture.comeburtynsky
Please watch the following interview on YouTube: http://www.twine.com/item/12rcmfth3-192/youtube-edward-burtynsky-photographs-the-landscape-of-oil
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/oil/
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//006356.html
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/edward-burtynskys-epic-landscapes/amp?client=safari
Paula Luttringer
From Andrea Palladios new country villas to the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi and the Venetian Camera dOro, Renaissance interiors stun by their attention to decorative details, materials, and building techniques. How is Renaissance architecture an adaptation of the ancient Roman design vocabulary? How is social status represented through domestic interiors? (Please reference assigned readings.)
**Exploration of virtual dance classes (2): (40 points) Because of Covid-19, virtual dance classes are all over the place. This affords a unique opportunity for you to observe or participate in dance classes from all over the world! Many times they are free, and there are many styles to explore. Please provide 5 key points from each class that you observe. These points can be written down and shared in a casual format. (2-5 pages)
