09 Nov The movie American Beauty
ESSAY FOUR: INFORMATION AND ASSIGNMENT (Due: NOVEMBER 4)
1. THE ESSAY NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, IN BLACK INK
12-POINT FONT, TIMES NEW ROMAN STYLE, DOUBLESPACED.
2. THE PAPER NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 3 1/2 PAGES LONG. (How about 4
pages?)
3. YOU MAY NOT WRITE IN THE FIRST PERSON FOR THIS PAPER
THAT MEANS YOU MAY NOT USE I. YOU NEED TO WRITE IN THE
THIRD PERSON, INSTEAD OF WRITING, I THINK THE SCENE WITH
THE EMU IN THE SMALL CHILDS EAR WAS, YOU JUST WRITE: THE SCENE WITH THE EMU IN THE SMALL CHILDS EAR WAS
4. THE SUBJECT OF THE PAPER ENCOURAGES A CRITIQUE OF THE FILM AMERICAN BEAUTYIS THIS PAPER AN EVALUATION OF THAT SPECIFIC FILM, AND DOES IT INCORPORATE MANY EXAMPLES FROM THE FILM TO REINFORCE ITS THESIS, WHETHER THAT THESIS IS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE? DOES THE PAPER ADDRESS THIS QUESTION: WHAT WAS THE INTENDED MESSAGE OF THE FILM, AND WAS IT SUCCESSFUL IN PUTTING THAT ACROSS?
5. ARE THERE GROSS GENERALIZATIONS SUCH AS THIS FILM WAS CRAP BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DONE VERY WELL, AND MANY FRIENDS OF MINE, WHO LOVE ME A LOT, AGREE? IF SO, YOU WILL NEED TO INFORM THE AUTHOR WHERE THESE OCCUR. ASPECTS OF THE FILM TO REGARD FOR WRITING THIS PAPER: THE STORY (Was its message clearly communicated, or muddled?), ACTING, EDITING (Film, or particular scenes, were too long, or too short, or not even needED, etc.) CINEMATOGRAPHY (How and from what angles and distances the film is shot, SET DESIGN (Everything that is NOT peoplehouses, cars, furniture, pictures, etc.), MUSIC (Songs, Singing [by actors], and the Soundtrack), SPECIAL EFFECTS (Bloody scenes, Slaps, falls, etc.), MAKE-UP, ETC. ASK YOURSELF: WERE ALL OF THESE AREAS SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THE MAXIMUM INTENDED EFFECT UPON AN AUDIENCE? WHERE MIGHT IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE? ALWAYS JUSTIFY ANSWERS WITH SPECIFIC REASONS.
6. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CHECKED YOUR PAPER THROUGH FOR SPELLING AND GRAMMATICAL ERRORSCOMMON ERRORS INCLUDE: USING COMMAS INAPPROPRIATELY; SHORT, STACCATO SENTENCES; RUN-ON SENTENCES; TWO-LINE PARAGRAPHS (PARAGRAPHS ARE, USUALLY, BETWEEN A THIRD AND A HALF A PAGE); MISSING HYPHENS; MISSING APOSTROPHES; USING OUTLAWED WORDS, OR OUTLAWED BEGINNING WORDS.
7. IS YOUR NAME ON EACH PAGE HEADER? ARE THE PAGES NUMBERED ALONG WITH YOUR LAST NAME?
I just copied and pasted the assignment over to you.
