Thousands of fictional movie characters have entertained movie audiences for more than 100 years. From the Little Tramp to Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, Mr. Tibbs, Spiderman, Frankenstein, Forest Gump to Hans Solo audiences have laughed and cried and been entertained for years. For extra credit tell me which fictional movie character is the most compelling, interesting and entertaining in your opinion. I only want one. Obviously, you can only choose characters based on movies you’ve seen so your options may be limited. Do this for fun and extra credit. Write a few sentences explaining the reasons for your choice.
Extra credit
"Crash," the Academy Award winner for best picture of 2004, explored racial tensions in our society, particularly those involving the police. As you know there have been a number of racially-charged incidents involving the police this summer. For extra credit, watch "Crash" and explain in a few paragraphs if the movie accurately captures the "real-life" tensions that are going on today involving the police and race or if you think the movie does not do a good job depicting this very controversial issue.
EXTRA CREDIT: Best CGI Award goes to: Since you belong to the CGI generation of moviegoers I want you to choose your favorite CGI movie. I'm sure you've seen plenty of them. Anything with a man in it: Iron Man, Batman, Superman, etc.... Which movie blew you away with its use of CGI and why? Cite specific scenes that were memorable. Include this extra credit in your film journal.
Extra Credit: It seems that many of you grew up watching Pixar movies including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, A Bug's Life, The Incredibles and others. I would like you to pick your all-time favorite Pixar movie and explain why it's your favorite in a few paragraphs. Include this very short paper in your film journal. If you're not sure if it's a Pixar movie, look it up.
Extra Credit: Watch the movie Chaplin about silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin and write a few paragraphs about what you thought of the movie.
Extra Credit: Filmmaker and comedian Chris Rock wrote an insightful essay for Hollywood Reporter magazine on racism in the movie industry. He makes some good points from an insider's perspective. Read Chris Rock's essay for extra credit and write a few paragraphs for your film journal about your reaction to what he wrote. Do you agree or disagree with his perspective? Any surprises?
The link to the essay is below:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-five-filmmaker-chris-rock-753223
Extra Credit: It seems that many of you grew up watching Pixar movies including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, A Bug's Life, The Incredibles and others. I would like you to pick your all-time favorite Pixar movie and explain why it's your favorite in a few paragraphs. Include this very short paper in your film journal. If you're not sure if it's a Pixar movie, look it up.
Extra Credit: Watch the movie Chaplin about silent film comedian Charlie Chaplin and write a few paragraphs about what you thought of the movie.
Extra Credit: Filmmaker and comedian Chris Rock wrote an insightful essay for Hollywood Reporter magazine on racism in the movie industry. He makes some good points from an insider's perspective. Read Chris Rock's essay for extra credit and write a few paragraphs for your film journal about your reaction to what he wrote. Do you agree or disagree with his perspective? Any surprises?
The link to the essay is below:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-five-filmmaker-chris-rock-753223
Movies are made up of memorable moments, scenes, that we remember long after we leave the theater. I would like to know your favorite movie scene. You probably have many but just pick one for this extra credit assignment. Send me the link to the scene in an email and tell me in one or two paragraphs why you chose this scene as your favorite. Maybe it's for personal reasons or maybe the scene simply has your favorite actor/actress. Tell me why.
To get you started I have included the link to one of my favorite scenes. It's hard to narrow it down because I have about 5,000 favorite scenes but this is definitely one of them.
