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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Entire Course (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 1 An Evolving Industry
• ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 2 Narrative and Storytelling
• ENG 225 Week 1 Quiz
• ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and Acting
• ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of Cinematography
• ENG 225 Week 2 Assignment Elements of Design
• ENG 225 Week 2 Quiz
• ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 1 Frame by Frame
• ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 2 Music and Soundscapes
• ENG 225 Week 3 Assignment Final Film Critique
  Draft
• ENG 225 Week 3 Quiz
• ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cinematic Auteur
• ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 2 Elements of Genre
• ENG 225 Week 4 Quiz
• ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 1 Focus on Society
• ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 2 Criticism and Commentary
• ENG 225 Week 5 Final Film Critique

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 1 An Evolving Industry
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.eng225.com

• An Evolving Industry. How are the Internet and
  other technologies currently affecting the ways
  in which movies are produced, distributed, and
  exhibited? Are the changes having an impact on
  the quality or depth of the films? Provide
  specific examples as you explain your point of
  view.

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 1 DQ 2 Narrative and Storytelling
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.eng225.com

• Narrative and Storytelling. Explain the
  difference between a films story and a films
  plot. Use a specific film to illustrate your
  point of view. In the film you chose, are the
  events presented chronologically or are they
  presented non-linearly? What might a filmmakers
  intentions be when he or she chooses to present
  events chronologically or in non-linear order?
  How are elements like character development or
  foreshadowing used differently between the two
  storytelling methods?

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 1 Quiz (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• Question What is the most important role
  of a film critic?
• 2. Question What is the most
  likely reason that theatrical movies have
  survived competition from television and various
  home video formats?
• 3. Question In a scene from Butch
  Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the title
  characters are holed up inside a building
  discussing their plans for future bank robberies
  while the audience is shown the entire Bolivian
  army gathering outside to kill them.

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 2 Assignment Elements of Design
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.eng225.com

• Elements of Design. During the process of
  envisioning and designing a film, the director,
  production designer, and art director (in
  collaboration with the cinematographer) are
  concerned with several major spatial and temporal
  elements. These design elements punctuate and
  underscore the movement of figures within the
  frame, including the following setting,
  lighting, costuming, makeup, and hairstyles.

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and Acting (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• Actors and Acting. The text defines five types
  of actors Impersonator, Personality, Star, Wild
  Card, and Character. Come up with examples of
  each type of actor (in addition to those
  identified in the text) and explain in detail why
  you think they fit each particular category.

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of Cinematography
(Ash) For more course tutorials
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• Tools of Cinematography. Choose any film clip
  from Movieclips.com (preferably from a film with
  which you are familiar). After reviewing your
  chosen scene, explain how cinematography is used
  within that scene. How does the cinematography
  inform the setting? How does it inform the
  characters? What do the choices made by the
  cinematographer tell you about the mood at this
  point within the story?

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 2 Quiz (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• 1. Question Which special
  effects technique is being used in television
  weather reports in which meteorologists stand in
  front of moving maps?
• 2. Question Which of the
  following is true of the differences between film
  acting and stage acting?
• 3. Question What is another name
  for the cinematographer?

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 3 Assignment Final Film Critique
Draft (Ash) For more course tutorials
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• Reflective Paper Draft. Review the final Paper
  instructions in Week 5 of the online course or in
  the Components of Course Evaluation section of
  this guide. Then, visit the Ashford Writing
  Center located under the Learning Resources tab
  on the left navigation tool bar in your online
  classroom. The outline must contain
• a. Introduction with thesis statement
• b. At least five body paragraphs

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 1 Frame by Frame (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• Frame by Frame. Choose one of the following video
  clips for the discussion
• Psycho (1960)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• Considering one film is from 1960 and the other
  produced in 2001, there are clearly differences
  in what the filmmakers were able to do.

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 2 Music and Soundscapes
(Ash) For more course tutorials
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• Music and Soundscapes. Using the video clips,
  below, identify and describe the three basic
  categories of sound in film as described in the
  text. Which of the three categories is prominent
  in each of the clips? How does the use of sound
  inform the mood of the scene? Does it complement
  or work against the scene?

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 3 Quiz (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• Question What is the name of the process
  used to create everyday sound effects in films?
• 2. Question What is the correct
  technical name for the music that plays in the
  background of a scene while the action takes
  place?
• 3. Question According to
  scholars, what is one way the advent of talking
  pictures changed the behavior of movie audiences?

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cinematic Auteur
(Ash) For more course tutorials
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• ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cinematic Auteur (Ash)
• The Cinematic Auteurist. Much in the same way
  people have favorite authors who create certain
  expectations from their writing, we have the
  auteurist theory in film. Explain why the
  auteurist theory has become so important to film
  analysis. What are some

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 2 Elements of Genre (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• Elements of Genre. After watching three of the
  five movie clips listed in the Multimedia
  section, above, describe how they fit into a
  specific genre (or subgenre) as explained in the
  text. What elements of the film are
  characteristic of that genre? How does it fulfill
  the expectations of that genre? How does it play
  against these expectations?

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 4 Quiz (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• Question Which of the following films is
  an example of the classic screwball comedy?
• 2. Question Which critic is best
  known for opposing the auteur theory?
• 3. Question What is a term for
  cheap, quick westerns that were churned out in
  large numbers?

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 1 Focus on Society (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• Focus on Society. Just as some books are
  preserved and regarded as having had obvious
  effects on society (such asLolita, Lord of the
  Flies, and Orwells Animal Farm and 1984), there
  have been a number of films that we look back
  upon which have clearly had cultural resonance,
  or became part of a social dialogue were perhaps
  still engaged with today (see Figure 9.1 of the
  text).

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 2 Criticism and Commentary
(Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.eng225.com

• Criticism and Commentary. Reviews for movies are
  readily available through newspapers, magazines,
  blogs, and other print sources. Metacritic.com
  provides full reviews for a multitude of movies.
  Find a review for a film, preferably one that you
  have seen. According to the distinctions made in
  Chapter Ten, how is the reviewer approaching the
  film.

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ENG 225 Innovative Educator
ENG 225 Week 5 Final Film Critique (Ash) For more
course tutorials visit www.eng225.com

• Focus of the Final Film Critique
• Review the critical analysis questions in the
  Conclusion and Critics Resource section of
  your textbook. Write an eight to ten page film
  critique (excluding the cover and reference
  pages) of an American feature film of your
  choosing. Use the list of critical analysis
  questions provided in your textbook as a guide
  while writing your paper.

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