1- Do people learn to become violent or aggressive just by watching/observing violence on TV, video games, and/or internet? (Also […]
Category: Film studies
How does Claudine combat the pejorative stereotypes that have been perpetuated against African Americans since the days of slavery? Does the film validate the stereotypes in any way? Cite examples for both questions.
Choose one or more of the questions below and compose a well-thought out, well-written reflection. Make sure to address each […]
Discuss the ways the students are able to relate to the play, the concerns they have, and the conflicts the play brings up for them.
The play OUR TOWN is set in a fictional small New England town in the early years of the twentieth […]
In this film, Muniz’s artistic practice intertwines with social practice. Do you believe that art change people? What is the effect? What are the possible benefits or drawbacks of combining art and social practice?
Watch the documentary film Waste Land (2010). Complete Worksheet #4: Can Art Make a Difference? after watching the film. ( […]
What do you think? Could watching a violent movie allow you to vent your own anger?
Many argue that watching mediated portrayals of violence provides a cathartic relief for viewers, despite research findings to the contrary. […]
How can a firm like LEGO utilize knowledge sharing to promote additional alliance opportunities?
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 13 of the course textbook and review the closing case […]
How does King use tension, dramatic irony, and foreshadowing to strengthen his work? How does his work shed a light on the human condition?
How does King use tension, dramatic irony, and foreshadowing to strengthen his work? How does his work shed a light […]
Share three film ideas you might develop for this course and for each idea, detail the following five points:
Prompt: Share three film ideas you might develop for this course and for each idea, detail the following five points: […]
Watch these four minutes again to remind yourself of what the traditional style of Hollywood editing is, and to see what happened when French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard started to break these rules.
For this discussion, you will compare and contrast the editing styles of sequences from two movies: The Wild One (Benedek, 1953), starring […]
What was most striking to you about Mickey Mouse Monopoly? How do you think this documentary might change if it came out more recently? Remember that documentaries are making an argument/taking a stance on a topic, just like any academic work.
1. In their chapter, “Feeling Disney, Buying Disney, Being Disney,” Sandlin & Garlen discuss their own relationships to Disney and […]
