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Write a summary and reflection of the film The First Monday in May by Magnolia Pictures. Reflections will be a minimum of 2 pages double spaced (the two pages don't include the students' name/date/professor/or title as the professor will go in and delete it to make sure the content of the reflection is actually 2 pages) The reflection should include thoughts about what hospitality management aspects worked, what didn't work, and what surprised you about the career.

Watch the last 25 minutes of Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gates. Pay attention to Micheaux’s depiction or characterization of blackness. The author of our reading about Micheaux (Robert Jackson) characterizes this as “revisionist blackness.” What does that mean? This is your journal writing prompt for the week. PS: Watching this clip from DW Griffith’s film Birth of a Nation might provide a useful point of comparison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY5ptG_95-Y

There are scholars who claim that cinema, like fashion, changes over time and according to prevailing trends and tastes, and in response to the surrounding social or cultural context. Other scholars maintain that cinema is a progressive medium, which has improved steadily throughout its history, due to continual aesthetic and technical innovation. Based on what we have screened this term , is the quality of Hollywood improving, or is it in a state of decline?

You get to play the part of the contrarian film critic. select a film that is considered either a masterpiece or a disaster and argue why the critical consensus is wrong. That is, if you pick a renowned, multi-Oscar-winning blockbuster which everyone seems to love, argue why it's cinematic accomplishments are exaggerated or flat-out wrong. Conversely, if you pick a movie that is considered a flop or a fiasco, then you'll argue why it should be considered a cinematic masterpiece.…

Argue one point or another: As a historian and theorist, Foucault is most interested in the relationship of vision, power, and knowledge, a relationship that we also discussed with regard to Blow-Up. Francis Ford Coppola cited that film as a major influence when he made The Conversation. Is it possible to devise a theory about power and sound using Coppola’s film? How would that work, or are vision and sound different enough that a corollary theory just isn’t possible?

Comparative Essay Assignment **This is your midterm assignment** Compare the Alfred Hitchcock movies Psycho and The Birds. A comparative essay would be composed of the following elements: An introduction of the aspects/themes that you will choose to compare Please include at least 3 different aspects An example would include how Hitchcock treated the leading lady in each of the films Include a thesis statement that speaks to the overall comparison that you intend to make with your essay Each aspect…

Comparative Essay Assignment **This is your midterm assignment** Compare the Alfred Hitchcock movies Psycho and The Birds. A comparative essay would be composed of the following elements: An introduction of the aspects/themes that you will choose to compare Please include at least 3 different aspects An example would include how Hitchcock treated the leading lady in each of the films Include a thesis statement that speaks to the overall comparison that you intend to make with your essay Each aspect…

Pick a media object that you’re a "fan" of (that can be a film, a film franchise, the filmography of a particular director, a TV show, a music video, a video game, a social media channel, etc. -- if you’re unsure about a specific media object, feel free to reach out to me) and discuss its relevance to questions of representation, identity politics, and/or fandom. In your essay, engage with at least four class readings. Additionally, you may (but don’t…

This assignment has two parts. You have to do both! 1) Explain the main aspects of classical “film ontology” as we encountered it in week 5 (you may also refer to photography here) and discuss how the turn from analog to digital challenges these ideas. Refer to the Mulvey reading and at least 1 course reading from week 5. 2) View this week’s screening (provided) and discuss how it plays with digital spectatorship. (https://vimeo.com/365141641) The essay should be 4-6 pages…

I have an assignment I would like you to do. Its My movie review assignment for my family development class. I have some other important work I need t do before tonight and I am afraid I wont get to this assignment in time. Directions are below: Instructions: Movie Reviews. Choose 4 movies (from the list below) that illustrate family & relationship concepts explained in your textbook. You will need to watch each movie and write a review for each.…