Category: Writing Styles

Movie course – analysis

April 27, 2021 Leave a comment MLA, Other

The Assignment:

Please demonstrate your knowledge of the influence of Orson Welles by citing an example of a trick shot from BOTH The Best Years of Our Lives AND a modern film.  Please also post a link from the modern film example to show your point.  In your analysis, tell me why you believe your examples qualify as a trick shot.

This assignment is not a lengthy writing exercise and should be easily done in a page.  Please save it as a PDF file.

This is due by the date indicated in the syllabus and Due Dates document.

There are plenty of really creative “trick” shots in modern movies that originated in how Orson Welles and Gregg Tolland thought movies should look like.  Think about City Lights, It Happened One Night or Casablanca.  They are shot very straightforwardly with the camera simply capturing the action.  Welles and Tolland changed all that by creating the idea of a showman director who will do tricks with the camera that create a whole different experience for the audience that they could never get, say, from watching a stage play.

A trick shot is NOT a pan or a tilt or wind blowing through somebodys hair.  Nor is it a stunt.  It is a shot unlike others because it uses highly creative visual imagination and great skill to accomplish.  A long, unbroken take can qualify as can the creative use of split screening, fast/slow motion, shooting through walls. Orson Welles created the whole trick shot showcase in Citizen Kane.

LinkLook at the shot above, from Citizen Kane, as the camera soars over the rooftop, through a sign, through glass and finally descending down into a close up.

LinkThe example above is the opening scene from Welles’ Touch of Evil. It’s a long, unbroken take.

LinkA more modern example that’s commonly seen is the Jaws dolly zoom. Spot it in the clip above.

LinkIn this clip above, we have all kinds of trick photography such as slow motion and fast motion, stylized costuming, stylized color correction, etc.  It is an artistic leap way beyond It Happened One Night and is a direct child of Welles’ concepts of what a movie could and should be.

The influence of Welles is all over film, it should not be hard to find some really fascinating examples! Try to have some fun with this one.

Movie course – analysis

April 27, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Other

THE ASSIGNMENT:

After watching It Happened One Night, please watch another, relatively modern film, i.e. When Harry Met Sally. Then, compare/contrast how this genre has changed or remained the same.

In your analysis, compare the following basic tenets of the romantic comedy as you see it in BOTH It Happened One Night AND the modern film of your choice:

The basic plot where two people, usually a man and a woman, meet and then part ways due to an argument or other contrived obstacles.
Initially, these two people do not become romantically involved, because they believe that they do not
like each other, because one of them already has a partner, or social pressures.
Aggravation is not the opposite of love but actually quite closely related, and perhaps a necessary
precursor, to love.
Females are usually at least on par if not actually stronger-willed than the males. The head-to-head
battles are the key humor element of a screwball comedy.
Reverse class snobbery, to be poor is somehow to be more noble.
A very skillful blend of sophistication and slapstick. Although screwball characters move in an elegant
world, where even a simple bathroom appears to be the center of their universe, they may still whack
one another over the head, but while The Three Stooges use sledgehammers, screwball characters use
silver chafing dishes, and the likeweapons of the upper class.
A well written script, laced with barbed dialog. An overlapping style of delivery, with lines tossed off in
rapid fire.
An emphasis on elegant clothes, cars, and furniture.
The use of exotic locales.
The hero or the heroine living by his or her wits alone, though this is often balanced by a reliable
gainfully employed love interest.
The presence of leading actresses in the starring role.
Supporting casts of first-rate character actors playing eccentric types as well as a stable of familiar faces in leading roles.
Centered around romantic ideals such as “true love” and “finding the one”.
Again, please analyze each of the above bullet points for both “It Happened One Night” AND the modern romantic comedy of your choosing.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

April 27, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Law

PSC 340 Spring 2021 Assignment #5
SARA Essay 15 Points – This assignment continues with Chapter 4 and the important topic of Problem Solving Policing.
Your  task will be to identify the  major crime listed on the top(there are only seven major crimes) of the attached Citywide Compstat Report which has the largest percentage% increase YTD 2021 compared to 2020.

After identifying the crime use the Problem Solving Policing method called SARA as described in Chapter 4 of our textbook to develop a plan to reduce the crime you have identified.

Your essay will be graded using the below rubric which describes a complete 15 Point  essay, if your assignment does not meet all of the requirements your grade will be reduced accordingly.

  Paragraph 1. Scan Correctly identified the  major crime and with the largest % increase and  then listed the number of actual crimes YTD 2021 and the % increase  from 2020
  Paragraph 2.  Analysis  This paragraph needs you to use your imagination to described the specific types of the problem crime and when and how the crimes are being committed,  in addition attempt to identify possible suspects. Example if your target crime is Burglary using your knowledge and imagination you would state that your burglaries involve overnight home burglaries in a residential area and go into detail of how the entries are being made.
  Paragraph 3. Response.-Described a response plan which included at least two steps to reduce the target crime and did not merely list the steps in the response plan but elaborated on them .
Paragraph 4.  Assessment Use your imagination again to determine if the plan was implemented properly and if the target crime was reduced. This assessment could be accomplished by reviewing crime reports and arrest records.

Homework

April 27, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

    Assignment 3
                                                    Organizational Change
Conduct a research and select one of the fortune 500 company and examine the organizational change initiative. Compose a PowerPoint presentation (10-12 slides) to evaluate the organizational change initiative considering the following:
Find an example of a company that has recently gone through a major change.
Why did the organization make the change, and what does it hope to achieve from it?
Recognize the problems inherent in managing change and the obstacles that must be
overcome.
Describe the change process and understand the techniques that can be used to help an
organization achieve its desired future state.
Submit your answers as a single PowerPoint document to the Dropbox . You need to have at least three academic references and use APA style. Assignment 3 due on 03/21/21 before 11:59pm.

Movie course analysis

April 27, 2021 Leave a comment MLA, Other

THE ASSIGNMENT:

Find a modern film (anything from 2000 to present) that mimics the hallmarks of those made from roughly 1967 – 1975, during what is known as the New Hollywood Era.

Demonstrate your knowledge of the influence of the quintessential New Hollywood filmmakers (approximately 1967 1975) by comparing the hallmark styles and techniques of those pictures (use “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” or “The Graduate”) with a relatively modern (anything from 2000 to present) film.

Some of the things to look for would be:

Theme of rebellion
A hero fighting the system and losing
Story lines emphasizing the loss of innocence
Anti-Heroes that the audience is rooting for
The Establishment as the enemy
Downer endings
Popular music soundtracks
Often stylish, fast-cutting, consciously showy filmmaking
REMEMBER, you must compare your modern film of choice with EITHER “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” or “The Graduate.”

Your analysis should be at least 2 pages, double-spaced.

Working with families

April 27, 2021 Leave a comment Health Care and Life Sciences, Undergraduate

What are some of the strategies and considerations used when working with families as compared to individuals?  Consider health disparities, advocacy and collaboration with other health care workers.  Use at least three professional references in addition to your textbook,

this is the text book
Rector, C. (2018). Community and public health nursing: Promoting the public’s health (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

Summary Response

April 27, 2021 Leave a comment English and Literature, Undergraduate

2.    Your first task will be to read the articles thoroughly, using active Reading Strategies and annotation methods.
3.    You will then prepare a brief SUMMARY & RESPONSE Paper:  This will be an INFORMAL writing assignment rather than a researched argument.  However, I still want you to adhere to a specific set of document design strategies for these papers.
4.    These papers must be double-spaced and in compliance with the document design guidelines handout.  They are to be a minimum of 500 words long.  The Title should read Summary Response One (and so on).  The word count should be TYPED in parentheses at the end of the paper.
5.    You should correctly identify the title and author(s) of the article in the first one or two sentences of your paper.
6.    The papers should consist of TWO PARAGRAPHS:
a.    The first paragraph should be a summary of the key ideas in the articles, which adheres to the summary guidelines (see Summary handout):
1)    Purpose: give a reader a short, but clear account of the readings main points. Audience: someone who hasnt read the text.
2)    A summary is completely in your wordsdont use the writers words. Explain the writers ideas but put them in your words.
3)    A summary contains none of your opinions about the source. It is only a re-telling of the article in your own words.
b.    The second paragraph should be your personal response to the article, an expression of your opinion about the ideas, controversies, and problems/solutions explored in the article.  This paragraph can take any form that you are comfortable with but must express some opinion relevant to the subject matter, including a personal connection or story.