Description
Examine one of the films listed in Module 2 from M2 Censorship or M2 Classic Hollywood, and write a short (550-600 words) response focused on the question, “What is the actor?s contribution (e.g., physical action, montage , characterization)? Pay particular attention to your perception of the emotional impact of the performance and whether you believe it is the actor?s art and intuitive response or a combination of cinematic techniques (editing, juxtaposition, sound, cinematography) that creates the experience for you.
VERY IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
This assignment has more stringent requirements than your discussion post (e.g., higher word count, focus, and evidence rubric) and is weighted more heavily towards your final grade (10% vs. 6%). You have the option of selecting one of the films listed in Module 2 from M2 Censorship or M2 Classic Hollywood, and writing a short (550-600 words) response. You may not use the required film to fulfill this essay assignment. The prompt asks: “What is the actor?s contribution (e.g., physical action, montage, characterization)?” along with more information and a helpful video on the assignment page. Pay particular attention to your perception of the emotional impact of the performance and whether you believe it is the actor?s art and intuitive response or a combination of cinematic techniques (editing, juxtaposition, sound, cinematography) that creates the experience for you. Your first paragraph should establish the ideas that you will support in the paper. In a short, 400-word essay, you need to get right to the point. You need to introduce your thesis, and then provide evidence in the subsequent paragraphs, ending with a conclusion that supports your hypothesis. For instance, if you review the 1984 movie Red Dawn, your key sentence might state: “Patrick Swayze (Jed) made me believe that he really became his character when he acted as the leader.” You should then give examples from his performance in specific scenes to support your contention. Strengthen your assertions with concrete evidence. Avoid excessive plot summaries. If you believe it is the actor?s art that creates the experience for you, tell us why. If you believe it is the editing, score or camera work, give specific examples of those moments. Specificity helps us understand the film through your eyes. Your opinions are valid and important, we just need to see them through your descriptions and analysis. You must observe fundamental rules of punctuation and grammar.
INSTRUCTIONS
Here is your first set of videos to choose from for your Film Response assignment. You will select one of the following videos from this page
or
from the
Censorship
page to watch. Remember to pay close attention to
the actor’s contribution
to the film.
All movies are available on one or more of the following platforms:
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HIGH NOON (1952)
Former marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) is preparing to leave ??the small town of Hadleyville, New Mexico, with his new bride, Amy (Grace ??Kelly), when he learns that local criminal Frank Miller has been set free and ??is coming to seek revenge on the marshal who turned him in. When he starts ??recruiting deputies to fight Miller, Kane is discouraged to find that the ??people of Hadleyville turn cowardly when the time comes for a showdown, and ??he must face Miller and his cronies alone.
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GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant southern ??belle Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh). Starting with her idyllic on a ??sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history ??of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love ??affairs with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable).
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MOBY DICK (1956)
Capt. Ahab (Gregory Peck) has a vendetta against Moby Dick, ??the great white whale responsible for taking his leg. He sets out on a ??treacherous sea voyage aboard The Pequod, along with a crew including ??Starbuck (Leo Genn), Father Mapple (Orson Welles) and Ishmael (Richard ??Basehart), to hunt down the elusive beast. With reckless abandon, Ahab leads ??the crew on his obsessive and suicidal quest, anxious for a final showdown ??with the legendary white whale.
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VERTIGO (1956)
Hitchcock’s romantic story of obsession, manipulation and ??fear. A detective is forced to retire after his fear of heights causes the ??death of a fellow officer and the girl he was hired to follow. He sees a ??double of the girl, causing him to transform her image onto the dead girl’s ??body. This leads into a cycle of madness and lies.
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BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
Adaptation of the Pierre Bouelle novel about POWs in Burma ??forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. ??British and American officers plot to blow up the structure, but the ??commander of the bridge’s construction has different plans.
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PSYCHO (1960)
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after ??stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, ??Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. ??Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at ??the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor ??Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and ??a difficult relationship with his mother.
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THE APARTMENT (1960)
Insurance worker C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) lends his Upper ??West Side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs. When ??his manager Mr. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) begins using Baxter’s apartment in ??exchange for promoting him, Baxter is disappointed to learn that Sheldrake’s ??mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), the elevator girl at work whom ??Baxter is interested in himself. Soon Baxter must decide between the girl he ??loves and the advancement of his career.
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