Assignment 1: Summarize and Evaluate

In this assignment, you will summarize and evaluate an assigned film.

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Assignment 2: Shot Analysis Chart

In this assignment, you will create a shot analysis chart using a sequence from an assigned film.

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Assignment 3: Formal Analysis

In this assignment, you will draft a formal analysis using a sequence from an assigned film.

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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 on a film set in New York City.

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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 set in New York City.

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