Film Studies I-5th Period Assignments
- Instructor
- Gina Feldblum
- Term
- Spring 2023
- Department
- Social Studies
- Description
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Film Studies I is a one-credit elective course intended to familiarize students with the particulars of film history as well as to provide them with a chance to analyze film as a visual art form. The course content begins with the birth of film at the turn of the 20th Century and runs through to the 1980s. This course should appeal to all students who love to watch and discuss movies. By viewing, studying, discussing, and writing about film students develop and demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving abilities along with technological, cultural, and media literacy skills.
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Past Assignments
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5.18.23 Who wrote three of the four highest-grossing films in history? What are the three films?
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5.17.23 How old is Sylvester Stallone? How many movies has he appeared in?
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5.16.23 How many Oscars did Rocky win in the 49th Academy Awards?
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End of the Year Survey
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5.15.23 What year was Rocky released? Who is Rocky’s main competitor in the film?
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5.12.23 As the most expensive film made up to that point in 1978, what was the budget of Superman? What did the film gross that year?
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5.11.23 What is the significance of Mr. Miyagi getting drunk? What do we learn about Mr. Miyagi's past?
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5.10.23 How old was Daniel LaRusso in the original Karate Kid? How old is he now?
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5.9.23 What is a parody film? Explain how Airplane is a pardoy film.
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5..8.23 Who is the antagonist in The Goonies?
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5.5.23 What are Richard Donner’s five most famous films?
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5.4.23 From whom did Doc obtain the plutonium he needed to use the time machine?
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5.3.23 How old is Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back?
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5.2.23 Who’s head appears in Darth Vader’s helmet in the cave on Dagobah? Why does this person's head appear in the helmet?
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5.1.23 Who was the main character in Back to the Future (character's name AND actor's name)? What was the name of the famous car in the film?
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4.28.23 Raiders of the Lost Ark Assignment
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4.28.23 How many Academy Awards did Raiders of the Lost Ark win?
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4.27.23 What was supposed to be in the Ark of the Covenant? What was in it?
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Movie Selections
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4.26.23 Who composed the music in Raiders of the Lost Ark? How many Academy Awards nominations has this person received in their life? How many has the person won?
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4.24.23 How many films has Steven Spielberg directed? How many Academy Awards has he won?
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4.24.23 Jaws Activity
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4.21.23 What was Steven Spielberg’s first blockbuster hit? When was it released?
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4.20.23 Why is this Star Wars called “A New Hope”?
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4.18.23 In "Star Wars: Episode IV", why was the Empire trying to capture Leia?
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4.17.23 How many movies are in the Star Wars trilogy? Who is the mastermind behind the Star Wars movies?
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4.14.23 The Shining Activity
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4.14.23 Other than The Shining, name three of Stanley Kubrick's most famous movies.
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4.13.23 Who are the Grady sisters and what happened to them?
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4.11.23 Halloween Activity
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4.12.23 Who was the author of The Shining written in 1977 which served as the basis for the 1980 movie?
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4.11.23 How does the music and shot selection impact the movie?
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4.10.23 Who was the director of Halloween and when was the film released?
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4.6.23 The Godfather Activity
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4.5.23 What event prompts Michael Corleone to enter the family mob business?
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4.4.23 How many Oscars did The Godfather win?
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3.31.23 A Fistful of Dollars Ad Activity
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4.3.23 Who is the director of The Godfather? How old is he now? How old was he when The Godfather came out?
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3.31.23 Who was the protagonist in A Fistful of Dollars?
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3.30.23 What is the name of Clint Eastwood’s character in A Fistful of Dollars?
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3.29.23 What is a spaghetti Western film?
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3.28.23 In what time period did Vertigo take place?
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3.27.23 Alfred Hitchcock Activity
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3.27.23 What do the Sequoia trees symbolize in Vertigo?
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3.24.23 Who are the two leading actors in Vertigo? Why do you think the movie is named Vertigo
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3.23.23 What is vertigo?
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3.22.23 What is L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies occupation? What is the significance of this occupation to the movie
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3.20.23 Who were the lead actors in Rear Window?
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3.2.23 Which two actors (male & female lead) in Singin’ in the Rain received the most fame in the entertainment industry throughout their lifetime? What activity had the female lead engaged in during childhood that helped her prepare for the dancing required in the film?
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3.2.23 Singin' in the Rain Movie Review
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3.1.23 How old was Debbie Reynolds in Singin’ in the Rain? Gene Kelly?
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2.28.23 When was Singin’ in the Rain released? What time period does the movie cover?
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2.28.23 Casablanca Activity
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2.27.23 How many Oscars did Casablanca win at the 1944 Academy Awards? Did Humphrey Bogart win an Oscar for his role as Rick?
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2.23.22 Citizen Kane Activity
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2.24.23 When was Casablanca released?
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2.23.23 Who played Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
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2.22.23 How did Orson Welles gain fame on October 30, 1938?
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2.21.23 Which did you prefer The Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind? Why? Give a detailed answer with evidence in 4-6 complete sentences.
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2.17.23 How many actors AND extras were in Gone with the Wind?
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2.16.23 How long did the first rough cut of Gone with the Wind run when it premiered in July 1939? What was its final run time?
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2.15.23 Framing Activity
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2.15.23 What is framing in a movie?
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2.13.23 The Wizard of Oz Activity
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2.14.23 During the production of The Wizard of Oz how much did Toto earn per week? Each of the Munchkins?
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2.13.23 How many Oscars did The Wizard of Oz win?
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2.9.23 Bringing Up Baby Movie Review
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2.9.23 What was so unique about Cary Grant’s character saying, “I just went gay all the sudden!” in Bringing Up Baby?
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2.8.23 How many Academy Awards (Oscars) did Katharine Hepburn win? Cary Grant?
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2.3.23 What year was Bringing up Baby released? Who is the director?
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2.2.23 How many movies were directed by Howard Hawks?
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2.1.23 Name one way that the Great Depression is seen in It Happened One Night.
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2.1.23 It Happened One Night Activity
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1.31.23 What movie genre(s) does It Happened One Night fall under?
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1.30.23 How many Academy Awards did It Happened One Night win?
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1.26.23 King Kong One-Pager
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1.27.23 Think of your favorite movie, what are the technical elements of that film that made it so great?
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1.27.23 Technical Elements of Film
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1.26.23 How tall was King Kong in the 1933 movie? Hint: There are two answers to this question.
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1.23.23 Dracula Reading & Movie Review
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1.25.23 Where does King Kong live?
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1.24.23 What was the first feature film to feature an animated character? In what year was the film released?
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1.23.23 Who was the highest-paid actor in the 1931 Dracula film?
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1.9.23 The Gold Rush Movie Review
This assignment is due at the end of class today (Wednesday, 1/11/23). Please MAKE SURE you use complete sentences to answer the questions.
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1.13.23 The Great Dictator Movie Review
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1.20.23 Who are the Directors of the 1931 Dracula film? Who is the leading actor?
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1.19.23 Chaplin v. Keaton Activity
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1.19.23 What scene in The General is considered one of the most expensive single shots in silent film history?
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1.18.23 What was the 1952 movie in which both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton appeared?
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1.17.23 Buster Keaton Article Assignment
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1.17.23 Who was known as “The Great Stone Face” of silent film?
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1.13.23 What character delivers the final speech in The Great Dictator?
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1.12.23 Named after the European country “Romania” and the word “ptomaine” (a term for bacterial food poisoning), what was the fictional country in The Great Dictator?
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1.11.23 What role does Paulette Goddard play in The Great Dictator? What was her relationship with Charlie Chaplin in real life?
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1.10.23 When did “talkies” become popular in American cinema?
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1.9.23 Approximately how many movies did Charlie Chaplin make? How many wives did he have? How many children did he have?
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1.6.23 What famous actor signed a contract in 1916 with the Mutual Film Corporation of New York earning him a salary 9 times that of US President Woodrow Wilson?
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1.5.23 What is the worst movie you have ever seen? What made it the worst?
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