Final Examination FALL 2014
Final Examination FALL, 2014.
Guidelines: You are required to write a total of three essays, one each from Sections A, B, and C. Each essay answer must be 500 words. You may write about the same film more than once ONLY if you are writing about different subject matter. You may not write about the same film more than twice. You may write only on films viewed in class. Films viewed outside of class are not eligible for analysis. Please indicate, by number, your answers.
Eligible Films: Casablanca, In the Heat of the Night, The Graduate, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, LA Confidential, Run Lola Run, American Beauty, Memento, Match Point, No Country for Old Men, Gran Torino, Black Swan, Zero Dark Thirty
SECTION A. Be Answer one of these questions.
1. Choose one genre of cinema (as outlined in the lectures, not as presented in the textbook): Classical, Modern, or
Postmodern. In your essay, show how one or more films characterize this genre. Be sure to define and discuss the fundamental elements of this genre as suggested in the course lectures.
2. Compare and contrast two genres of cinema (Classical, Modern, or Postmodern), illustrating your answer by discussing one or more films. Be sure to define and discuss the fundamental elements of these genres as suggested in the course lectures. 3. Choose at least one important element in film interpretation (example might include: narrative, time, forestructure, etc.) and illustrate your answer by illustrating it with one or more films.
SECTION B: Choose two or more terms/concepts and apply them to one or more films that we have viewed in class.
Diegetic sound / non-diegetic sound / ambient sound / crane shot / Steadicam / framing or reframing / establishing shot/master shot / extreme long shot / extreme close-up / close-up / medium shot / deep-focus cinematography / slow motion or fast motion / chiaroscuro / high-key lighting / low-key lighting / continuity editing or cutting on action / shot/reverse shot /
Guidelines: You are required to write a total of three essays, one each from Sections A, B, and C. Each essay answer must be 500 words. You may write about the same film more than once ONLY if you are writing about different subject matter. You may not write about the same film more than twice. You may write only on films viewed in class. Films viewed outside of class are not eligible for analysis. Please indicate, by number, your answers.
Eligible Films: Casablanca, In the Heat of the Night, The Graduate, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, LA Confidential, Run Lola Run, American Beauty, Memento, Match Point, No Country for Old Men, Gran Torino, Black Swan, Zero Dark Thirty
SECTION A. Be Answer one of these questions.
1. Choose one genre of cinema (as outlined in the lectures, not as presented in the textbook): Classical, Modern, or
Postmodern. In your essay, show how one or more films characterize this genre. Be sure to define and discuss the fundamental elements of this genre as suggested in the course lectures.
2. Compare and contrast two genres of cinema (Classical, Modern, or Postmodern), illustrating your answer by discussing one or more films. Be sure to define and discuss the fundamental elements of these genres as suggested in the course lectures. 3. Choose at least one important element in film interpretation (example might include: narrative, time, forestructure, etc.) and illustrate your answer by illustrating it with one or more films.
SECTION B: Choose two or more terms/concepts and apply them to one or more films that we have viewed in class.
Diegetic sound / non-diegetic sound / ambient sound / crane shot / Steadicam / framing or reframing / establishing shot/master shot / extreme long shot / extreme close-up / close-up / medium shot / deep-focus cinematography / slow motion or fast motion / chiaroscuro / high-key lighting / low-key lighting / continuity editing or cutting on action / shot/reverse shot /