Category: Film/Movie

I’ve attached the rubric below, I wrote this film review about Um Kulthum: Voice of a Nation using AI, I need you to rewrite it matching the rubric below and the prompt below, I need it to contain 0% AI on turnitin and be very creative please. This is the prompt.

Before then, prepare your notes:

You always have to know your target audience: In this case, that is someone in your age group asking you what film you would recommend they watch and FOR WHAT REASON.

Decide on the film from anything we have considered in class. Make a list of why you recommend it. Note that you cant address all of these things, so consider what the focus of your paragraph is:

Themes, topic, characters, technical, and/or aesthetics (i.e great sound track, incredible cinematography)

Relationship to the world today;

Emotional or intellectual impact it had on you;

Your passion for the film director (and you consider this the film youd most recommend from their works)

Since you are only doing 500-word reviews, consider the first paragraphs in these review links below. Hollywood Reporter/Variety are industry reviews, so they play to an audience very familiar with films and are very focused on the financial prospects of a film. They are less creative.

The others are from mainstream sources, in which your creativity does matter. Ive also included the links to Rotten Tomatoes or Letterbox reviews.

Note the writing of the first paragraphs. The first paragraph is often as far as most readers go. Consider if you would opt to watch these films based on the reviews. Unlike many of these samples, your paragraph will be fairly long, approximately 500 words.

What you may find interesting is that reviews are usually released just when the film goes into theatres, and sometimes the reviewers misjudge the audience response. For example, PK is one the biggest box office successes in India of all time, but the reviewers did not see that coming. Same is true for Caramel.

Avoid looking at what other reviewers have said about your selected film!

Consider the title of your review: Think like a marketing person and write something that would catch peoples attention.

Consider the first sentence: Try to find a witty or attention-grabbing first sentence to summarize the reason you are recommending this film.

Consider:

If positive review, note a negative. Nothing is perfect

Comparable films

A specific moment from the film that makes your point.

Be bold

Rate it with the star system

PK (India, 2013)

Lunchbox (India, 2013)

Omar (Palestine, 2013)

Caramel (Lebanon, 2008)

Spring 2026 Paper #1 Assignment Due Date: Wednesday, February 25 by 11:59 p.m., submitted via Turnitin on the course Moodle website Approximate length: 1500 words (roughly 5 double-spaced pages). Percentage of Grade: 30% During our class session on Thursday, February 19, we will screen F. W. Murnaus Nosferatu (Germany, 1922), which was placed on the Moodle website for viewing on Thursday, February 12. Your assignment is to watch the film and then write an essay of approximately 1500 words in which you answer BOTH of the following questions. 1) Murnau made Nosferatu when Expressionist films were being produced in his home country of Germany and Impressionist films were being made in neighboring France. Soviet Montage cinema did not yet exist. Please analyze the extent to which Murnau appears to make use of techniques that characterize the German Expressionist and French Impressionist movements, and discuss how these techniques are used to tell Nosferatus story. For Expressionism, is Murnau making a full-blown expressionist film (in the manner of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), or is the style more akin to the toneddown, expressive approach found in his later The Last Laugh? What are some key examples, and how does the films use of such techniques aid the story and affect the audience? For Impressionism, which technique(s) resemble Impressionism, when can they be found, and how do these choices affect the audiences experience with the story? 2) Please re-watch the four-minute clip posted on Moodle, paying particular attention to moments when the shots alternate between Nosferatus castle and Ellen back at home (or vice versa). Of the editing techniques weve covered in the course, which term do you feel best describes this type of editing? Why do you feel this is the case? Why might Murnau have selected this kind of editing at this moment in the story? In other words, how does this editing choice aid the story and affect the audience? General tips -This is a short (five-page) paper designed to help you a) demonstrate your mastery of a variety of stylistic concepts that emerged during the silent era, and b) show your understanding of how such concepts function within a larger film. For question number one in particular, your goal should be to make choices about what you feel are especially important techniques found the film, while providing enough examples and explanations to demonstrate that you understand what those techniques are and how they function in this movie. In other words, you do not need to identify every pertinent technique, but you should be giving me sufficient details for the techniques you DO select to prove to me that you understand them. -A good general rule of thumb for introductory-level formal analysis is to make sure that for the techniques you describe, you are 1) identifying a technique, 2) arguing that it has a particular effect on the viewer, and 3) explaining why the technique has that effect. You may need to do 2 other things as well depending on the prompt (such as tying a technique to a particular movement), but these three items should be present. Format: This is entirely up to you. You may divide your essay into separate responses to the two questions, you may vary the order of the questions, or you may write a single essay that responds to both questions. What matters most is that you adequately address both sets of questions in your essay. Your grade will not be affected by which format you choose. Please also note that while you should provide one or more thesis statements (depending on how you structure the essay), you neednt devote space to a lengthy introduction or conclusion. Jump in quickly and start analyzing! A Note on the Page Length: I am requesting a paper of approximately 1500 words. You may go a bit over, or under, this if you wish, but please do your best to stick close to this total. Please do NOT exceed 2000 words. A Note on Writing Style: Your goal here should be to communicate your ideas as clearly as possible. Clear writing is not only a mark of intelligence, but it enables others to better engage with your ideas. Proper grammar, spelling, and well-constructed sentences help you present your points more effectively, so these elements could factor into your grade. A Note on Secondary Sources: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate your ideas about and your understanding ofsilent-era techniques. You may consult sources other than course readings if you wish. However, I do not recommend doing this, and it is certainly not needed to receive a top grade. If you DO choose to consult other sources (including internet sources), please remember to 1) focus the bulk of the paper on your ideas, and 2) give credit to any idea that you read elsewhere (not doing so is considered cheating and is grounds for failing the course). Please also do not make any use of Artificial Intelligence on this paper. The paper needs to reflect your understanding of course concepts, your ideas, and your writing. Using AI is grounds for failing the course. In sum: remember, the purpose of the paper is to prove to me that you: Can identify important stylistic features of a film Can link those stylistic elements to particular film movements or existing editing strategies Can advance plausible claims for why stylistic choices are made at particular moments in a film Can assess how an isolated clip can fit within the larger narrative goals of a film Good luck! Im looking forward to reading your work

PLEASE ANALYSE ONLY OFF OF VIDEO PROVIDED NOT OFF YOUTUBE. short clip = mins: 29.05-33.21

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• Comedy
• Melodrama
• Western

Choose and discuss a film that fits into one of the genres above that you would recommend for others to see. Describe the film, and what is interesting to you about it. Why would you recommend it?

The following are some questions you might want to use to format your response, but the question is above.

Describe the genre. What is its history? What is it about within and also underneath the literal storyline? Genres, by definition, are recurring. The same storyline or theme reappears a bit differently over and over again. Has the genre you have chosen to write about endured? Why or why not? Has it changed over time?

Then:

What is the film you have chosen, and how is it able to exemplify the genre? Summarize the film’s plot, assuming the reader has not seen it but is familiar with the genre.

Does it exemplify the genre well or fail to meet the expectations of the audience for the genre? Does it go beyond the genre, creating new ways in which films within the genre might be made in the future?

Do you have a history of watching the chosen genre? Is this film a favorite, or not? What is your personal reaction to the film? How does understanding the genre enhance the watching of the film?

(Please note that it is all right to use a film of your choice as long as it fits into one of the genres we’ve discussed.)

Expected length: minimum 4-5 pages

Sources: At least two citations, minimum. You can use your text for these or you can use other references. List sources at end.

Directing Critique:

Using the notes ELEMENTS OF DIRECTORS STYLE write 300 words in explaining how the director of the film you watched utilized each element, answering the question what makes this particular film belong to the particular director. Your Thesis is you can tell this film was directed by ______ director because…

Elements of Directors Style:

• Choice of Subject Matter
• Script
• Images and Movement
• Acting Performances
• Pace
• Supportive Elements

*note some of these may require a little more internet research than just watching the film.

Rubric:

• Make sure you cover all elements with specific examples from the film.
• Includes the students own outside research outside the film itself.
• Uses correct syntax and grammar
• Must be at least 300 words in order to receive any credit.

Part I: Directing (choose one)

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Dir. Wes Anderson

Follow the attached document, and use the format of the example.

Fandom extends to nearly every time of media: music, sports, video games, movies, and so many others. For this assignment, you will identify a fandom connected to a film. Your selected film must be from the past 60 years (1966-present – during the era of the MPAA Ratings System). Provide the following basic information about your Film My Film is: In the Heat of the night Directed by Norman jewison year studio director stars rating For the fandom, please provide the following: Name of fandom? Include the name by which the fan group identifies themselves if there is one. Where do we find this fandom? Specific websites? Social media platforms? Tell me about who is in the fandom? Look at the rating – you can infer intended audience with that – and then take a look at who you actually see in the fandom Are you a member of this fandom? Requirements: How many sources? At least three sources. How many words? 300-500 words Citations and Works Cited Required Al and plagiarism checks are automatically implemented upon submission

The length of the paper should be four to five pages, using double-space type. The paper should be divided into different sections, each addressing question 1, question 2, etc, and the question being addressed needs to be written out before it is addressed. This is because I need to be clear which question is being addressed. Be sure that your online submission has a cover page (which doesnt count as a page number) that states the name of the film you are discussing, your name, your email, the date, and the title Film Discussion Paper for AMST-3100 on the cover. Choose one of the following three movies from the 1960s, watch the movie, and address the set of questions for that movie in your paper. Of course you will need to rent, purchase, stream, or check the movie out from a library. These movies should be readily available. While you may discuss these movies all you like, your paper must reflect your own ideas and your own writing. Students may not team up to write this film paper. I am also providing a link to a film analysis site that offers an excellent analysis of each of these movies to help get you into the analytical mode. The grading criteria for your paper is as follows: writing style and clarity. substantive insights to the 1960s and critical thinking skills. application of our textbooks, web notes, and outside resources to your points. Dr. Strangelove (1964) Film analysis link: Film Discussion Questions. 1. Dr. Strangelove is a dark satire made at a time when there was a very real possibility of nuclear annihilation. Who or what was parodied in this movie? (Identify as many issues or themes as you can, and much of this parody involves Cold War leaders, and assumptions, policies, etc). 2. Identify specific real events of the 1950s and early 1960s that are important backdrops to understanding Dr. Strangelove. Remember, this movie features the Cold War as the central backdrop. What are the important events that happened in the 1950s and early 60s that are relevant to this movie? 3. Before Dr. Strangelove, the public was given the notion that the two superpowers had achieved Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), and therefore it would be irrational for either side to initiate war. Presumably we should feel somewhat secure with this notion. How does the movie Dr. Strangelove respond to the argument that nuclear war is unlikely because it is irrational? (Hint: How are the leaders depicted in this movie? Are they rational? What does this say about the assumptions behind MAD?) 4. What does this movie suggest happens to a society when its members are placed in a constant state of apocalyptic fear, such as the case of fear culture or panic culture that we saw during the Cold War in the 1950s and early 60s, air raid shelters and all? Does such fear cause people to behave differently? What kinds of social and foreign policies are people likely to lean toward in a panic culture? Who benefits from this, and who loses? (For example, why were hawkish conservatives like Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC promoting fear culture in the 1950s? What did they and the military industrial complexes of the US and the USSR have to gain by promoting such fears? How did hawkish conservatives portray reform liberals like Martin Luther King, Jr and others who sought domestic reforms? Was there a hidden agenda here?)

The length of the paper should be four to five pages, using double-space type. The paper should be divided into different sections, each addressing question 1, question 2, etc, and the question being addressed needs to be written out before it is addressed. This is because I need to be clear which question is being addressed. Be sure that your online submission has a cover page (which doesnt count as a page number) that states the name of the film you are discussing, your name, your email, the date, and the title Film Discussion Paper for AMST-3100 on the cover. Choose one of the following three movies from the 1960s, watch the movie, and address the set of questions for that movie in your paper. Of course you will need to rent, purchase, stream, or check the movie out from a library. These movies should be readily available. While you may discuss these movies all you like, your paper must reflect your own ideas and your own writing. Students may not team up to write this film paper. I am also providing a link to a film analysis site that offers an excellent analysis of each of these movies to help get you into the analytical mode. The grading criteria for your paper is as follows: writing style and clarity. substantive insights to the 1960s and critical thinking skills. application of our textbooks, web notes, and outside resources to your points. Dr. Strangelove (1964) Film analysis link: Film Discussion Questions. 1. Dr. Strangelove is a dark satire made at a time when there was a very real possibility of nuclear annihilation. Who or what was parodied in this movie? (Identify as many issues or themes as you can, and much of this parody involves Cold War leaders, and assumptions, policies, etc). 2. Identify specific real events of the 1950s and early 1960s that are important backdrops to understanding Dr. Strangelove. Remember, this movie features the Cold War as the central backdrop. What are the important events that happened in the 1950s and early 60s that are relevant to this movie? 3. Before Dr. Strangelove, the public was given the notion that the two superpowers had achieved Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), and therefore it would be irrational for either side to initiate war. Presumably we should feel somewhat secure with this notion. How does the movie Dr. Strangelove respond to the argument that nuclear war is unlikely because it is irrational? (Hint: How are the leaders depicted in this movie? Are they rational? What does this say about the assumptions behind MAD?) 4. What does this movie suggest happens to a society when its members are placed in a constant state of apocalyptic fear, such as the case of fear culture or panic culture that we saw during the Cold War in the 1950s and early 60s, air raid shelters and all? Does such fear cause people to behave differently? What kinds of social and foreign policies are people likely to lean toward in a panic culture? Who benefits from this, and who loses? (For example, why were hawkish conservatives like Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC promoting fear culture in the 1950s? What did they and the military industrial complexes of the US and the USSR have to gain by promoting such fears? How did hawkish conservatives portray reform liberals like Martin Luther King, Jr and others who sought domestic reforms? Was there a hidden agenda here?)

Compose an out-of-class, individually written paper of 1,5002,000 words (excluding the Cover and Works Cited pages) that offers a comparative analysis of the film The Whale in relation to its source text (e.g., short story, novel, play, song, graphic narrative, or series).

Writing through the lens of adaptation, select one specific aspect of transformationsuch as narrative voice/point of view, structure and pacing, genre conventions, characterization and performance, dialogue, visual style, sound/music, symbolism/motif, world-building, or serialityand examine how the screen version reinterprets or reconfigures that element through medium-specific choices.

Your goal is to demonstrate, through close reading of both works, how meaning is produced differently when a story moves from page (or another source form) to the screen. Support your argument with peer-reviewed academic books and journal articles only, situate your discussion within relevant adaptation theory and film studies scholarship (such as course bibliography), and follow MLA academic writing conventions, including a clear thesis and a Works Cited page.

Assignment Description & Requirements:

1. Description:

• Compose an individually authored, original paper of 1,5002,000 words (excluding Cover and Works Cited pages) that offers an in-depth critical analysis of the film The Whale in relation to its source text (play, novel, short story, song, graphic narrative, etc.). Your essay must be comparative: select one specific aspect of adaptationsuch as narrative voice and point of view, genre conventions, structure and pacing, characterization and performance, dialogue, visual style, sound/music, or symbolism/motifand examine how the film transforms, reinterprets, or reconfiguresthat element through medium-specific choices. The goal is to demonstrate, through close reading of both works, how meaning is produced differently when a story moves from page (or another source form) to the screen.

1. Goal:

• Your paper must be analytical rather than descriptive, organized around a clear and central thesis.
• Contextualize your discussion within the issues and concepts covered in the course.
• Use only peer-reviewed scholarly articles or textbooks as your bibliographical sources.
• Follow the MLA academic writing style (9th edition). .

1. Structure:
2. Your essay must include:

• Cover Page: Title, name, course info.
• Introduction: Present your research question, thesis, and methodology.
• Main Body: Two to three sections that may include the film’s subject, historical context, literature review, analysis, findings, etc. Each section should be named according to the main topic discussed.
• Conclusion: Summarize your findings and respond to the thesis presented in your introduction.
• Works Cited: Following MLA style.
• Paper Sample: Analysis of the film Jojo Rabbit:

1. Submission:

• Submit your paper on D2L by 11:59 pm on the due date.
• Format: Times New Roman, 12pt, double-spaced, 1″ margins on all sides, Microsoft Word Document (.docx).
• Filename: FilmTitle_LastName_FirstName.docx (e.g., Dune_Smith_John.docx).
• Plagiarism: All submissions will be scrutinized by Turnitin. Ensure your work is original and properly cited. .

1. Evaluation Criteria (30 marks => 5 Marks per Criterion–see more details ):
2. (50%):

• Organization & Structure: Clear title, proper headings, adherence to word count.
• Academic Style: Follow MLA guidelines.
• Works Cited: Must include at least the three mandatory references above. It must also include any additional articles, books and films cited or quoted in the paper.
• (50%):
• Introduction & Conclusion: Develop a coherent argument and respond to it in your conclusion. Avoid excessive citations in these sections.
• Cinematic Analysis: Demonstrate a precise and well-developed analysis of the films cinematic and formal elementssuch as mise-en-scne, cinematography, editing, sound, performance, and visual or aural stylewith explicit attention to how these medium-specific choices function within the adaptation. Analysis should go beyond description to explain how film form reshapes, emphasizes, or departs from the strategies of the source text in relation to the selected aspect of adaptation.
• Comparative Thematic / Adaptive Analysis: Develop a focused and sustained comparative analysis of one clearly defined aspect of adaptation (e.g., narrative voice and point of view, genre conventions, structure and pacing, characterization and performance, dialogue, sound/music, symbolism or motif). The discussion should critically examine how this element operates differently in the source text and the film, and how these differences produce new meanings through the shift in medium. The analysis should be supported by close readings of both works and situated within relevant adaptation and film studies scholarship.

Assignment: Your first assignment is a shot-by-shot analysis of the one-reel film Suspense (1913), directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. (You can find the film below.) The assignment consists of two components:

• a shot-by-shot breakdown of the film (the format for which is indicated below); AND
• a short critical analysis of the films formal properties, at least three full pages.

The shot-by-shot breakdown should be single-spaced for each shot entry, with a space separating one shot entry from the next. The written analysis should be at least three full pages, double spaced, twelve-point font (Times New Roman), standard/1 margins.

The Shot-by-Shot Breakdown:

Only basic information should be included in a shot-by-shot analysis. Yours should look something like this:

Shot #1 (long shot; straight-on): Establishing shot of a large building with a dead tree in the foreground. (5 seconds) Cut to

Shot #2 (medium close-up; low angle): Shot of a sign reading, Columbia Institute of Shot-by-Shot Analysis. (3 seconds) Dissolve to

Shot #3 (medium long shot; straight-on): Interior shot of a dimly lit room, a desk at the center. The desk is bare except for a computer monitor, playing Suspense. A woman in black enters slowly from left, carrying a notepad. [etc., etc.]

Adopting a clear and consistent form is essential to this exercise. You should include the following relevant information: camera distance, angle, and movement (the latter if applicable); important changes in the mise-en-scene, such as significant figure movement or action; pertinent narrative information; and shot length/duration.

Here are four additional pieces of advice:

• To shorten the work involved, use short forms for shot scales (e.g., LS for long shot, CU for close-up, etc.).
• If a shot appears to repeat an earlier shot, simply record it as follows: Shot #5: As Shot #3; Molly sits in front of the monitor and smiles, including any pertinent changes within your description if there are any. Make your reference to the most recent version of the repeated shot within the sequence.
• When title cards appear, you must signal their existence, by noting them as, e.g., Intertitle: Molly preferred the films of Lois Weber to those of D. W. Griffith. Intertitles should not be counted as shots.
• Refer to characters by whatever generic label distinguishes them (e.g., the professor, the security guard, etc.).

The Written Account:

For the purposes of this exercise, the written account should be at least three full pages. Do not offer an evaluation of the films merits (i.e., what you think is good or bad about it); do not engage in critiques of the (purported) deficiencies of early silent film, nor effusive celebrations of Webers mastery of the emerging art of cinema. Instead, concentrate on describing and analyzing the films significant formal patterns. What we are looking for is what you have learned about the formal properties of this film based on performing the shot-by-shot analysis. The main purpose of this exercise is for you to train yourself to discern various elements of film form.

To this end, you should use your observations about character movement, shot length, shot transitions, etc., to devise an analysis explaining what patterns of style emerge within this film. More specifically, you may think about questions like the following: how does the editing guide our understanding of the narrative? How are time and space treated and how do editing, mise-en-scene, etc. aid in our comprehension of that treatment? What elements of mise-en-scene or cinematography are stressed and how? It is strongly recommended that you read Bordwell, Thompson, and Smith, Film Art, 12th ed., Ch. 2, The Significance of Film Form, esp. pp. 50-54, 62-70, and Ch. 8 Summary: Style and Film Form, esp. pp. 303-310, which will give you further prompts for thinking about cinematic form.

AI Policy

Only the following AI use is permitted:

1. Students for whom English is a second language may use generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) to polish their prose, but are required to submit both the polished and unpolished versions.

2. Students may also use generative AI as a “pattern-hypothesis generator” – that is, you may paste your shot-by-shot into the AI and ask it to help you detect formal/stylistic patterns for your three-page analysis. Your written analysis must still be your own and must develop and substantiate any patterns so identified, rather than merely restate them. If you use AI in this way, please be sure to include a link to the AI chat in your paper. (ChatGPT and Claude.ai allow chats to be shared by clicking a button on the top right of the interface.)

Outside of these two exceptions, use of AI tools will result in a failing grade.