by Dan | Feb 25, 2023 | film
Rocky, 1976, was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning 3: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing. Directed by: John G. Avildsen Produced by: Irvin Winkler Written by: Sylvester Stallone Cast: Sylvester Stallone – Rocky Balboa Talia Shire –...
by Dan | Dec 13, 2022 | film
Step 2: Read the following excerpts from three different speeches. Analyze each speaker’s style and language strategies. Identify which CORE style(s) each speaker uses. Oprah Winfrey Receives the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award – September 22, 2002 (from...
by Dan | Nov 29, 2022 | film
As we have seen throughout the semester, important information is communicated about a character – or what we might refer to as his/her personality – through the elements of mise-en-scène. In this sense, mise-en-scène can be thought of as a kind of collage that is...
by Dan | Nov 29, 2022 | film
In the introduction to his text, Engaging Cinema, Bill Nichols tells us that “Because of its indirect or metaphorical qualities, the cinema prompts reflection. Films get us thinking about their thematic concerns, about what kind of comment they are making about...
by Dan | Nov 29, 2022 | film
Explains the cultural significance (i.e. the message) of at least three of the films we’ve screened, as well as what you have personally learned from the protagonists and/or antagonists in these films. (This combined response should be between 2 –...
by Dan | Nov 29, 2022 | film
In the introduction to Film Theory Goes to the Movies, co-editors Jim Collins, Hilary Radner and Ava Preacher Collins make the following observation regarding the treatment of film in contemporary culture: The analysis of contemporary movies has, for the most...
