Film Studies I-Pd 4 Assignments
- Instructor
- Gina Feldblum
- Term
- Spring 2024
- 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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5.1.24 How many movies are in the Star Wars trilogy? Who is the mastermind behind the Star Wars movies?
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5.1.24 How many movies are in the Star Wars trilogy? Who is the mastermind behind the Star Wars movies?
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5.1.24 How many movies are in the Star Wars trilogy? Who is the mastermind behind the Star Wars movies?
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5.1.24 How many movies are in the Star Wars trilogy? Who is the mastermind behind the Star Wars movies?
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4.30.24 For how many major motion pictures did John Williams compose music?
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4.30.24 John Williams Activity
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4.30.24 Jaws Activity
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4.30.24 John Williams Activity
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4.30.24 Jaws Activity
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4.29.30 How many Academy Awards was Jaws nominated for and for what categories? How many did it win?
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4.29.30 How many Academy Awards was Jaws nominated for and for what categories? How many did it win?
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4.26.24 What was Steven Spielberg’s first blockbuster hit? When was it released?
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4.25.24 The Shining Activity
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4.25.24 What do you think is going to happen at the end of The Shining?
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4.24.24 Why is the movie called The Shining?
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4.22.24 Who was the author of The Shining written in 1977 which served as the basis for the 1980 movie?
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4.19.24 How does the music and shot selection impact the movie?
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4.19.24 How does the music and shot selection impact the movie?
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4.16.24 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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4.16.24 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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4.18.23 Who was the director of Halloween and when was the film released?
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4.16.24 How did the Monty Python comedy troupe gain fame before creating the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
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4.12.24 The Godfather Activity
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4.15.24 Who is King Arthur?
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4.12.24 The Godfather Activity
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4.12.24 How many children does Vito Corleone have? Who are they (list them from oldest to youngest)?
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4.11.24 What event prompts Michael Corleone to enter the family mob business?
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4.9.24 Goldfinger Activity
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4.10.24 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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4.10.24 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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4.9.24 Who was the author of the James Bond novels?
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4.8.24 How many actors have played James Bond? Name them.
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4.4.24 A Fistful of Dollars Activity
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4.5.24 When was the first James Bond film released? What was the name of the film? How many EON production Bond films have been released to date?
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4.4.24 What is the name of Clint Eastwood’s character in A Fistful of Dollars?
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4.3.24 What is a Spaghetti Western film?
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4.2.24 Dr. Strangelove Group Talk Activity
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4.2.24 What three characters does Peter Sellers portray in Dr. Strangelove?
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4.1.24 Who is the director of Dr. Strangelove? How many feature films did this director create?
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3.26.24 12 Angry Men Activity
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3.26.24 12 Angry Men Activity
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3.27.24 Dr. Strangelove Pre-Watch Activity
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3.27.24 What were the economic and political systems of the two main actors in the Cold War?
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3.27.24 What were the economic and political systems of the two main actors in the Cold War?
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3.26.24 In which categories was 12 Angry Men nominated the 30th Annual Academy Awards?
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3.26.24 In which categories was 12 Angry Men nominated the 30th Annual Academy Awards?
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3.25.24 Who was the most famous actor in 12 Angry Men? Name two of his most famous movies?
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3.21.24 Rear Window & Vertigo Activity
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3.22.24 How many times was Alfred Hitchcock nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards? How many times did he win?
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3.21.24 Who are the two leading actors in Vertigo? Why do you think the movie is named Vertigo?
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3.21.24 Who are the two leading actors in Vertigo? Why do you think the movie is named Vertigo?
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3.20.24 What is vertigo?
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3.19.24 What is L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies occupation? What is the significance of this occupation to the movie?
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3.18.24 Who were the lead actors in Rear Window?
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2.29.24 Rebel Without a Cause Activity
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3.1.24 When and where was Alfred Hitchcock born? When and where did he die?
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2.29.24 What happened to James Dean in real life? Include the year and how old Dean was at the time of the event.
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2.27.24 Casablanca Activity
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2.28.24 Who is the leading actor in Rebel Without a Cause?
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2.27.24 What was the French national anthem sung at Rick’s Café that drowned out the Germans singing “Di Wacht am Rhein”?
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2.26.24 How many Oscars did Casablanca win at the 1944 Academy Awards? In what categories?
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2.26.24 How many Oscars did Casablanca win at the 1944 Academy Awards? In what categories?
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2.22.24 Citizen Kane Activity
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2.22.24 Citizen Kane Activity
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2.23.24 When was Casablanca released?
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2.22.24 How many Academy Awards did Citizen Kane win; for what category(ies)?
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2.21.24 Who played Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
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2.20.24 How did Orson Welles gain fame on October 30, 1938?
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2.14.24 1939 Movie Comparison Activity
Please take note of the point value of this assignment. Your answers need to be thorough and provide examples and details to earn full credit. Make sure you are explaining WHY in your answers.
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2.15&16.24 Shots & Framing Activity
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2.15&16.24 Shots & Framing Activity
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2.16.24 Why is the POV shot most common in horror films?
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2.15.24 What is framing in a movie?
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2.14.24 How many Oscars did Gone with the Wind win? The Wizard of Oz?
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2.13.24 During the production of The Wizard of Oz how much did Toto earn per week? Each of the Munchkins?
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2.12.24 In the first part of Gone with the Wind (before the intermission) what was most important to Scarlett? What is most important to Scarlett in the second part of the film…thus far?
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2.9.24 Which movie’s sets were being burned in the “burning of Atlanta” scene of Gone with the Wind?
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2.9.24 Which movie’s sets were being burned in the “burning of Atlanta” scene of Gone with the Wind?
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2.8.24 How many actors AND extras were in Gone with the Wind?
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2.6.24 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Activity
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2.6.24 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Activity
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2.7.24 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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2.6.24 How many artists, sketches, and drawings were involved in creating Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
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2.2.24 It Happened One Night
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2.5.24 What was the first animated feature film produced in the United States? When was it produced? On what was the film based?
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1.31.24 King Kong Activity
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2.2.24 In what historical time period does It Happened One Night take place? What evidence from the film have you seen to prove your point?
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2.2.24 In what historical time period does It Happened One Night take place? What evidence from the film have you seen to prove your point?
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2.1.24 How many Academy Awards did It Happened One Night win?
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1.31.24 Where does King Kong live?
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1.30.24 What was the first feature film to feature an animated character? In what year was the film released?
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1.30.24 What was the first feature film to feature an animated character? In what year was the film released?
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1.29.24 Singin in the Rain Activity
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1.29.24 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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1.29.24 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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1.25.24 Dracula Activity
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1.26.24 How old was Debbie Reynolds in Singin’ in the Rain? How old was Gene Kelly?
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1.25.24 Who was the highest-paid actor in the 1931 Dracula film? How much did the actor earn?
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1.23.24 Chaplin Keaton Comparison Activity
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1.24.24 Who are the Directors of the 1931 Dracula film? Who is the leading actor?
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1.23.24 What was the 1952 movie in which both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton appeared?
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1.23.24 What was the 1952 movie in which both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton appeared?
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1.11.24 The Great Dictator Activity
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1.11.24 The Great Dictator Activity
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1.12.24 Who was known as “The Great Stone Face” of silent film?
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1.11.24 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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1.10.24 What role does Paulette Goddard play in The Great Dictator? What was her relationship with Charlie Chaplin in real life?
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1.10.24 What role does Paulette Goddard play in The Great Dictator? What was her relationship with Charlie Chaplin in real life?
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1.9.24 The Gold Rush Activity
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1.9.24 What was Charlie Chaplin’s first sound film and when was it released?
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1.8.24 Approximately how many movies did Charlie Chaplin make? How many wives did he have? How many children did he have?
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1.5.24 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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1.5.24 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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1.4.24 What is the worst movie you have ever seen? What made it the worst?
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1.4.24 What is the worst movie you have ever seen? What made it the worst?
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