Literature and Film
English 3511: Literature and Film
Professor Sabrina Malik
Summer 2015
Midterm Paper
Midterm Paper: Topic Questions
Due: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Please complete the following prompt for your Midterm Paper and discuss in detail how they utilize at least three of the techniques covered in Chapters 1-5. The paper should be 3-4 pages typed (about 850 words), font 12, written in Times New Roman, and must have a title. 2-3 sentences on a third page will not be sufficient!
When writing this paper, you must have a clear thesis statement, or purpose to your essay. The body paragraphs should be well thought out and provide evidence to support your thesis. You must have both an introduction and a conclusion. Please make sure you remain focused and above all – do not provide plot summaries! I will have more than likely seen the film, and writing a summary is NOT the purpose of this assignment. It is your responsibility to describe scenes in detail and include the other production personnel who helped make this directors vision become a visual reality.
Paper Topic:
By definition, verisimilitude is when watching a movie the audience becomes convinced that the things on the screen are “really there” and those things could be just like that within its film world. Choose a specific film, or director, that incorporates this notion of verisimilitude and explain how the techniques covered in Chapters 1-5 aid in this approach. In this particular film, what elements and or scenes lend themselves to the concept of verisimilitude?
Secondly, genres are defined by sets of conventions—aspects of storytelling such as recurring themes and situations, setting, character types, and story formula, as well as aspects of presentation and visual style such as decor, lighting, and sound. Chapter 3 provides an overview of six major American film genres. Classify the genre of this film and explain if the film falls into one specific type or contain elements of multiple genres?
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Malik (your last name) 1
Name
English 3511: Literature and Film
Date
Midterm Paper
Title Goes Here
Paper begins here…
English
3511
:
Lite
rature
and
Film
Professor
Sabrina
Malik
Summer
2015
Midterm
Paper
Midterm
Paper:
Topic
Questions
Due:
Wednesday,
August
26
,
2015
Pleas
e
complete the following prompt
for your Midterm Paper and
discuss in detail how they
utilize at
least
three
of the
techniques covered in Chapter
s
1
–
5
.
The paper should be
3
–
4 pages
typed
(about 850 words), font 12,
written in Times New Roman
, and must have a title
.
2
–
3
sentences
on
a
third
page
will
not
be
sufficient!
When writing this paper, y
ou must have a clear thesis
statement, or purpose to your essa
