Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Midterm Study Guide

Based on the run time of The Help, Mr. Weisback and I have decided to omit the criticism portion of the midterm. The remaining test will be an open notes and book short-answer test with a wide variety of questions and options for the test-taker. You may come in to class tomorrow with IMDB generated cheat sheets on the characters, themes, etc of each film. Here is a run-down of what to expect.

Mandatory questions will require a working knowledge of the following: The Help, Do the Right Thing, and the films of Frank Capra.

Optional questions will explore the following topics: Birth of a Nation, censorship, Christopher Plummer in The Beginners, classical story arc, diagetics, the genius of Charlie Chaplin, Melies, This American Life: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory, racism in film and techniques for writing about film. 

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