Write a 2 to 3 page paper on the prompt below. You must cite material from the textbook. Be sure that you accurately apply the Chicago Manual of Style (a template can be found on the syllabus). I also encourage the use of outside resources (e.g., books, scholarly journals), however, refrain from using the internet as a resource.

First Take Home:

due on June 26^th
Compare these two films:

• The Rice/Irwin Kiss, 1896
• Kiss, Jaco Van Dormael, 1995

How are these films similar, and in what ways might they be different? Apply some of the ideas presented in Bordwell and Thompson’s chapter on “The Significance of Film Form.” What ‘meanings’ can be drawn from these films?

You must cite material from the textbook. Be sure that you accurately apply the Chicago Manual of Style. I also encourage the use of outside resources (e.g., books, scholarly journals), however, refrain from using the internet as a resource.

I've created a general outline for the papers. You must attach the filled-in outline to your paper. Go to the outline.

Second Take Home:

due on July 3^rd
In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho a good deal of the suspense that he creates in his film is generated by his use of editing. Discuss the infamous shower scene in Psycho. In what ways does the editing of this scene create a sense of suspense/horror?

 

Final Take Home:

due on July 12^th
In what ways does Larry Clark's Kids conform to the tradition of Realism? Would André Bazin characterize Clark's film as a Realist film? If so, why? If not, why?