World history II: film analysis assignment
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- Due Dates 1: In Lieu of Class on 10/21 Film must be set 1500-1900
- Film must be set in 1900 or later
- What’s going on (5 points).
- What’s the point (10 points).
- Your analysis (5 points).
- Suggested Films
- Some Options for Obtaining Films
| WORLD HISTORY II: FILM ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT
Basics We all watch movies for fun, at least occasionally. This assignment asks you to do something a little different: Watch a movie critically, take notes on it, and then write an essay about it. You’ll do this assignment twice, in lieu of two regularly scheduled classes. Whether you watch your chosen movies during the times when you would have had class is up to you. Each film analysis assignment is worth 25 points – together, they count the same as an exam.
#1: In Lieu of Class on 10/21 Film must be set 1500-1900 Notes Due: Thursday, Oct. 21 by 11:59 PM Essay Due: Tuesday, Oct. 26 in class #2: In Lieu of Class on 11/11 Film must be set in 1900 or later Notes Due: Thursday, Nov. 11 by 11:59 PM Essay Due: Tuesday, Nov. 16 in class Requirements Notes (5 points) Taking notes on the film is a requirement of the assignment; the notes themselves are worth up to 5 points, and failure to turn them in will lead to a penalty in addition to a 0/5 score. Please send me your notes exactly as you took them. If they’re in longhand, type them up exactly as you wrote them down. Spelling doesn’t count. Complete sentences aren’t necessary. There is no “correct format.” I want to see your raw thoughts. Essay (20 points) Your film analysis essays should be 500-1000 words (2-3 standard pages) long. Each should include the following elements: 1. What’s going on? (5 points). What historical figure(s), event(s), and/or process(es) is the movie depicting? How is it using them – as a backdrop to a fictional story, a commentary on current events, a dramatic story in their own right, or something else? Required: List, at the end of your paper, the sources you used in preparing this section. No encyclopedias, please! 2. What’s the point? (10 points). What point is the movie trying to make? How do the people who made the movie try to make that point? Back up your arguments here with specific evidence from the film itself – plot elements, characters, dialogue, visual images, sounds, editing choices, and so forth. 3. Your analysis (5 points). Use this section to make any analytical point you wish about the movie that you haven’t already made. It could be about “look and feel,” about suitability for classroom use, about how the movie reflects the time it was made, or anything else. Back up your point with specific evidence from the film itself.
Suggested Films The following fifty films (listed in alphabetical order) are suggestions. You are welcome to choose films not on this list, but please clear them with me before committing to them. Basic requirements: Your film should deal with actual historical figures or events Your film should involve characters from two or more nations/cultures/peoples Your film should have a point . . . be more than just entertainment 1492: Conquest of Paradise 55 Days At Peking Aguirre, The Wrath of God All Quiet on the Western Front Black Robe, The Blackhawk Down Battle of Algiers, The Breaker Morant Bounty, The Che (2008) Cheyenne Autumn Cross of Iron Dances with Wolves Danton Das Boot Defiance Downfall Endgame Exodus Gallipoli Gandhi Hotel Rwanda Invictus Khartoum Last Emperor, The Last King of Scotland, The Last of the Mohicans, The Last Samurai, The Lawrence of Arabia Letters from Iwo Jima Little Big Man Mission, The Munich Mutiny on the Bounty (’62) New World, The Pocahontas [yes, Disney] Rabbit-Proof Fence Reds Sand Pebbles, The Saving Private Ryan Schindler’s List Seven Years in Tibet Shanghai Express Thirteen Days Tora! Tora! Tora! Valkyrie Walker Wind and the Lion, The Year of Living Dangerously, The Zulu Some Options for Obtaining Films Buy from EBay, Amazon, Movies Unlimited, Wal-Mart, etc. [coordinate with friends!] Borrow from a friend, family member, classmate, or public library Rent from Blockbuster or (if you have a subscription) Netflix Check the web for public domain movies you can watch for free online Check your DVD shelf [hey, it could happen] Check the TV listings (especially AMC & Turner Classic Movies) If you absolutely, positively cannot get your hands on a film that will work for this assignment . . . talk to me. Directory: page2 -> page4 -> files page2 -> Cahiers d'histoire égyptienne, t. 10. Le Caire:, 224 p page2 -> How to Write an Essay: 10 Easy Steps page2 -> Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power In Global Perspective files -> Dr. A. Bowdoin Van Riper Cultural History of the 20c world page2 -> Our place in nature page2 -> History 301: Survey of the History of Science Syllabus Note page2 -> Technology and Mass Media Download 26.23 Kb. Share with your friends:
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