This class is film history, it focuses on films from 1890-1930s and how they have influenced film.
This order is for two assignments, the first one states “Each student will pitch an essay topic, including a thesis statement and brief outline (100 words) to a discussion board. ” you can use this topic for the essay itself. Below is the Essay Prompt. i’ve included rubrics and more instructions and a list of sources, i need 3 sources from anything on the sources google doc.
The goal of this essay is to track the development of a particular genre across multiple periods in film history (silent era, pre-WWII, and/or modern cinema). The overarching goal of this essay is to make specific connections between early cinematic movements/genres and the later films they influenced.
The goal of this essay is to track the development of a particular genre across multiple periods in film history (silent era, pre-WWII, and/or modern cinema). The overarching goal of this essay is to make specific connections between early cinematic movements/genres and the later films they influenced.
Your essay should be structured around an argument that makes broad claims about the function(s) and goal(s) of the genre.
You should combine independent research and analysis of two specific genre films (from two different time periods) to define the conventions of the genre you select.
You should examine how these genre films reflect (or have an impact on) the era in which they were produced by discussing the FILM 111 fundamental question: “How does the history of film affect our cultural, social, and/or political reality?” and guiding course concepts: 1. Art and Life; 2. Literacy (Visual/Narrative); 3. Ideologies (Social/Political/Economic/Artistic); 4. Technology and Innovation.