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ENG 225 Entire Course (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.eng225.com   ENG 225 Week 1
DQ 1 An Evolving IndustryENG 225 Week 1 DQ 2
Narrative and StorytellingENG 225 Week 1
QuizENG 225 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and ActingENG
225 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of CinematographyENG 225
Week 2 Assignment Elements of Design
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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 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 Week 1 Quiz (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.eng225.com   1.
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?
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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 Week 2 DQ 1 Actors and Acting (Ash) For
more course tutorials visit www.eng225.com   Actor
s 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 Week 2 DQ 2 Tools of Cinematography
(Ash) For more course tutorials
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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 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?
4. Question In the collaboration
between actors, directors, and writers, the role
of the actor is
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ENG 225 Week 3 Assignment Final Film Critique
Draft (Ash) For more course tutorials
visit www.eng225.com   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
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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. Describe the style of editing that is used in
the film clip you chose. What types of shots are
used? What types of visual transitions are used
between shots?
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ENG 225 Week 3 DQ 2 Music and Soundscapes
(Ash) For more course tutorials
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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? Jaws (1975) You've Got Mail (1998) The
Mask (1994)
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ENG 225 Week 3 Quiz (Ash) For more course
tutorials visit www.eng225.com   1.
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 Week 4 DQ 1 The Cinematic Auteur
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Times Rating No rating  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 arguments against auteurist theory?
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ENG 225 Week 4 DQ 2 Elements of Genre (Ash) For
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al Purchased 2 Times Rating B  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 Week 4 Quiz (Ash) For more course
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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?
4. Question Why was The Birth of a
Nation such a controversial film, in spite of its
technical brilliance?
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ENG 225 Week 5 DQ 1 Focus on Society (Ash) For
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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 Week 5 DQ 2 Criticism and Commentary
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Times Rating B   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 Week 5 Final Film Critique (Ash) For more
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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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