Genre films employ "systems of orientations, expectations, and conventions that circulate between industry [the marketing of films], text [the content of films], and subject [the audience who watches the films]." Steven Neale and Frank Krutnik
"A romantic comedy is a film which has as its central narrative motor a quest for love, which portrays this quest in a light-hearted way and almost always to a successful conclusion.” Tamar Jeffers McDonald
"The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited: Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light. For the law of writ and the liberty, these are the only men." Shakespeare, Hamlet 2.2.379-84

Grading Rubric for short papers


To help in achieving maximum points on your short analysis, make sure that you:

  • demonstrate intellectual acuity and careful thought in the creation of your thesis: 20 pts
  • develop and support your insights and arguments with relevant details and rich, thoughtful use of evidence (quotations when appropriate): 30 pts
  • engage in interpretive bravery: 15 pts
  • use film terms accurately: 15 pts
  • communicate your ideas in a clear, logical, and engaging manner [organization, transitions]: 15 pts
  • edit to ensure a clean copy: 5 pts.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)