{"id":79983,"date":"2024-12-17T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essaybishops.com\/dissertations\/critical-film-analysis-essay\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:18:21","slug":"critical-film-analysis-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/critical-film-analysis-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Film Analysis Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Critical Film Analysis Essay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Changing Family Life in Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For your final essay, you will draw on the themes and concepts encountered in the course lectures and readings to write a critical analysis of one of the following three films:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Birth of a Family<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www-nfb-ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca\/film\/birth_of_a_family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www-nfb-ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca\/film\/birth_of_a_family\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hubbard, Tasha.\u00a0 2016.\u00a0 <em>Birth of a Family. <\/em>\u00a0National Film Board.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heaven on Earth<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www-nfb-ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca\/film\/heaven_on_earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www-nfb-ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca\/film\/heaven_on_earth\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mehta, Deepa. 2008.\u00a0 <em>Heaven on Earth.<\/em>\u00a0 Hamilton-Mehta Productions Inc. and National Film Board.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Double Happiness<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Available on course reserves at the UTSC library<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shum, Mina. 1994.\u00a0 <\/em><em>Double Happiness.<\/em><em> Fine Line Features and National Film Board.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select one film from the list above. The first two films can be accessed from the website of the National Film Board of Canada by clicking on the links provided.\u00a0 There should be an authentication step that asks you to provide your UTORID and password before viewing the film.\u00a0 The third film is available as a DVD on course reserves at the UTSC library.\u00a0 There are DVD players in the library which you may use to watch the film.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><em>Carefully watch the film from the perspective of a sociological observer, keeping in mind the core themes and concepts covered in the course readings and lectures. Take notes on your observations.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Using materials from class, <em>develop a richly detailed analysis of the film\u2019s themes, events, <\/em>plot, and\/or characters. You are not required to analyze the entire film; you may select specific aspects, scenes or characters on which to focus your analysis.\u00a0 <em>Keep in mind that <\/em>it will be more effective to go into greater depth on a smaller number of topics rather than providing more superficial coverage of a larger number of topics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><em>Be sure your analysis goes beyond the descriptive. The objective is not to simply describe aspects of the films having to do with Canadian families or to summarize the plot.\u00a0 (You may assume the instructor and TA have seen the films.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Develop a clear and specific thesis that directly engages the theories and concepts we have discussed this semester. State your thesis in the first paragraph of your paper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>Support your thesis with evidence from the film. Be sure to give specific and detailed examples from the film, such as quotes from the characters or accounts of their actions from specific scenes, in supporting your argument.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>No additional reading is required for this assignment. Draw specifically on the books and articles assigned for this course.\u00a0 Refrain from simply quoting another scholar and expecting your reader to understand how that scholar\u2019s work relates to your point. \u00a0Explicitly draw the connection between their ideas and arguments to your own points.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Format and Submission<\/strong>:<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Include a title for your essay.<\/li>\n<li>The essay\u2019s length should be 6 \u2013 8 double-spaced pages. Please use 12-point font and 1 inch margins.\u00a0 Be sure to insert page numbers and do not go over the page limit.<\/li>\n<li>Carefully proofread your essay for typos, spelling errors, and grammatical mistakes. Essays will be marked down for errors of these kinds.<\/li>\n<li>Use ASA format for citing the readings and film you discuss. Refer to the following ASA style guide:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/utsc.utoronto.ca\/twc\/sites\/utsc.utoronto.ca.twc\/files\/resource-files\/ASA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/utsc.utoronto.ca\/twc\/sites\/utsc.utoronto.ca.twc\/files\/resource-files\/ASA.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>To cite a film in a bibliography, use: &#8220;Director. Year. Studio.&#8221; The bibliographic entry for each film is given above, for example: Shum, Mina. 1994.\u00a0 <em>Double Happiness<\/em>. Fine Line Productions and National Film Board.\u00a0 The in-text citation would be: (Shum 1994).<\/li>\n<li>The final write-up of your assignment is due as an electronic copy to be submitted on Quercus by 3pm on Monday, December 3<sup>rd<\/sup>. To submit your assignment, go to the \u201cAssignments\u201d section of Quercus, then click on \u201cCritical Film Analysis,\u201d then click on \u201cSubmit Assignment.\u201d\u00a0 Please make every effort to submit your assignment as a Word document saved with the following file name:\u00a0 Last Name, First Name.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Evaluation will be based on the following criteria: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to construct a precise, well developed, and relevant thesis<\/li>\n<li>Ability to write with a clear, logical organization and structure that is based on developing that thesis<\/li>\n<li>Ability to support your thesis with detailed evidence from the film<\/li>\n<li>Level of understanding and application of the themes, concepts and theories of the course<\/li>\n<li>Composition and mechanics; clear paragraph and sentence structure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critical Film Analysis Essay Changing Family Life in Canada &nbsp; For your final essay, you will draw on the themes and concepts encountered in the course lectures and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9473],"tags":[9480,9485,9479,9481],"class_list":["post-79983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-write-harbor-research-paper-assistance-for-graduates","tag-assessment-and-homework-help-australia-for-university-students","tag-speedy-essays-and-homework-solutions-for-last-minute-deadlines","tag-affordable-dissertation-writing-help-for-students-worldwide","tag-expert-usa-assignment-answers-examples-and-samples"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeworkacetutors.com\/assessments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}