Assignment 1: Summarize and Evaluate

In this assignment, you will summarize and evaluate one film from each of the following modules:

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Assignment 2: Shot Analysis

In this assignment, you will create a shot analysis using a sequence from a film from one of the following modules:

  • Germany and Mise-en-scène
  • French Film and Cinematography
  • Soviet Montage
  • Classical Hollywood Cinema
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    Assignment 3: Formal Analysis

    In this assignment, you will draft a formal analysis using a sequence from a film from one of the following modules:

  • Germany and Mise-en-scène
  • French Film and Cinematography
  • Soviet Montage
  • Classical Hollywood Cinema
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    Assignment 4: Understanding Primary and Secondary Sources

    In this assignment, you'll learn the difference between primary and secondary sources, and you'll also learn how to quickly find each for movies.

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    Assignment 5: Cultural Analysis

    In this assignment, you'll begin brainstorming about how we can analyze a film on three dimensions: as a representation of cultural identity, as operating in the mode of specific genres, and as an artifact of the social history of a time and place.

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    Assignment 6: Organizing and Outlining

    In this assignment, you'll learn how to begin to outline and organize your ideas so that you can write your Final Research and Analysis essay on a film in my "History of Film: Films for Research and Analysis Essay" list on Letterboxd.

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    Assignment 7: Composing Thesis and Topic Sentences

    In this assignment, you'll learn how to write a thesis sentence for your essay and a topic sentence for each of your paragraphs that you will use for your Final Research and Analysis on a film in my "History of Film: Films for Research and Analysis Essay" list on Letterboxd.

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    Film Research and Analysis

    This capstone assignment will build on the assignments you've done throughout the semester. In this assignment, you will write a research and analysis essay that covers the style and cultural meaning of a film in my "History of Film: Films for Research and Analysis Essay" list on Letterboxd.

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