Category: Art

Reflect on. the film: Amores Perros (2000)

You will exercise these skills in written form, in a paper that
does two things: Reveals what a movie is about (its theme)
and shows how you know that to be so (its techniques).

You could think of theme as the lesson the writer hopes to communicate to the audience. A theme is not a single word, like violence or family. Instead, a theme is a fully-formed idea, expressed as a sentence.

In your opening paragraph, make a claim about what you
believe the theme to be. The body of your paper will then be
a discussion of how the filmmaker uses techniques such as
design, camera, dialogue, lighting, music, etc., to create scenes that connect to this theme.

MLA format, 2 full
pages of text, with a
separate MLA Works
Cited page with the
subject film properly
cited.

Project Preparation Instructions

1. Draft two possible thesis statements that address the project prompt. (Please see the document entitled How to Write a Thesis Statement in this module for tips.)

2. Identify three time periods that you could use to argue the thesis statements. The time periods you select should cover a large span of time to allow for comparisons that illustrate changes in the status and role of the artist. For example: Renaissance, Neoclassical, Realism
Youll have to look ahead beyond what weve covered in class.

3. Identify two artworks from each time period that will provide detailed evidence of your argument.
Include the artwork title, artist name, date made, media (i.e., oil on canvas, bronze sculpture, etc).
Write three bullet points about each artwork to describe how they will support your thesis.

EXAMPLE Initial Response Post:

1. Thesis statement one

2. Thesis statement two

***The thesis statements do not have to be drastically different, they can be supported by the same selection of time periods and artworks.***

Name Time Period One
Name Artwork One.

Bullet 1 (not a paragraph, simply a bullet to state how the artwork will support the thesis)

Bullet 2

Bullet 3

Name Artwork Two. 

Bullet 1 (not a paragraph, simply a bullet to state how the artwork will support the thesis)

Bullet 2

Bullet 3

Name Time Period Two
Name Artwork One.

Bullet 1 (not a paragraph, simply a bullet to state how the artwork will support the thesis)

Bullet 2

Bullet 3

Name Artwork Two. 

Bullet 1 (not a paragraph, simply a bullet to state how the artwork will support the thesis)

Bullet 2

Bullet 3

Name Time Period Three
Name Artwork One.

Bullet 1 (not a paragraph, simply a bullet to state how the artwork will support the thesis)

Bullet 2

Bullet 3

Name Artwork Two. 

Bullet 1 (not a paragraph, simply a bullet to state how the artwork will support the thesis)

Bullet 2

Bullet 3

Description
Film portfolio part 1: an abstract and annotated bibliography

The proposal-an abstract and annotated bibliography–provides the opportunity for students to propose what you plan to do in the film project: contextualize the study, provide the key argument, outline cinematic materials you plan to incorporate in the final project, and emphasize the significance of the study.

Instructions
In your film project report, you are required to do a comparative work on at least two films discussed in class. The purpose of the abstract and annotated bibliography is to motivate you to think about your final paper topic and your selections of films.

In this assignment, you will give a 200-300-word abstract, describing your topic in the film projectyour argument, why the two or more films under discussion are comparable, primary and secondary materials, and your speculative conclusion. The abstract will be followed by a list of bibliography your final paper will engage with. At least two academic sources will be included in the bibliography. Each annotated entry needs to have no less than 100 words, describing the key argument/idea in the academic source and how it is relevant to your paper (how you are going to use it in your paper).

I suggest you start from a vague idea (you may draw inspiration from your sequence paper) and begin to collect relevant academic sources; after you finish the annotation of bibliography, you will have a better idea on the scholarship you will engage with and the significance of your paper. From there, you can start to draft your abstract.

Abstract writing involves reading a large amount of information (both textual and visual information in the context of this course), synthesizing it and then representing in an abstract and digestible way. A good abstract can:

Sell your work;
Draw readers attention and persuade them to read the full article.
An abstract should consist of the following components:

Why it is important (significance)
Why the two films are comparable? (justification on comparability)
What is your argument/thesis statement? (question)
How are you going to approach the question? (methodology)
What is the answer and/or implications? (conclusion)

One brief example of an abstract is given below for your reference (you need to expand based on your specific argument and questions):

Women are widely used as a trope in the history of Chinese cinema, exemplified in ____ and ____  (frame your paper into an overarching significance, and state why the two films are comparable)

In this paper, I aim to examine how the image of women has been incorporated and appropriated into the grand historical discourse of the nation and history by comparing the female figures in ______ (film 1) and ____ (film 2); (question/thesis). To be specific, I will look at how the female figures become the symbol of the suffering nation by examining the lighting, mise-en-scene, the the camera angles in the two films under discussion and the scholarship of femininity and nationalism (methodology), I argue that womens body becomes a powerful trope imbricated into the discourse of national struggle and humiliation… (argument). By comparing ____and ____, I conclude that the women’s image have played an important role in constructing a the suffering of the nation. (conclusion).

Assessment Criteria
Abstract6 points (your abstract will be graded based on how complete you have included the components of an abstract, and how clear and persuasive your abstract writing is.)

Annotated bibliography4 points (2 for each entry)

Late policy: late submissions will be assessed a 10% deduction at each 24-hour period after the due date. Paper submitted three days later will not be accepted and graded.

Pick one scene that impressed you most from the film. Explain how and why that particular scene is impressive to you. Refer to the assigned reading and think about how your argument is related to it. Include the image(s) from the scene in your journal. The expression of your paper needs to be clear (correct grammar; clear meanings of words). Your argument needs to have a structure (introduction, explanation, conclusion)

In addition, separately from your argument on a scene, write down the keyword from the lecture, which the instructor gives, in your response paper. Also, briefly explain the reason why that is the keyword of the sequence in one sentence.(The keyword is XXX because ….) The reason should be clear by thelecture. You do not need to repeat exactly what the instructor says. Use your own words to explain.

Keyword is: Rebel

Film: Giants and Toys (Kyojin to gangu, Masumura Yasuzo, 1958)

Readings: Michael Raine, Modernization without Modernity: Masumura Yasuzos Giants and Toys(1958), in Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts, eds., Alastair Phillips and Julian Stringer (London: Routledge, 2007), 152-167.

https://analepsis.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/japanesecinema.pdf

Keyword is: Rebel

Also, I need 1 image from the scene in the journal.

Originality (your own ideaabout why and how the scene is impressive) is important

I uploaded the reading, please use it and cite it.