WRITER PICK THE FILM CLIP

Direction: writing assignment (600 – 800 words, typewritten) will be an examination and analysis of a selected film clip, and the role of music—and more broadly, the role of sound—within that clip, as it interacts with the film’s visual track. Each student will select a clip between one and three minutes in length (with perhaps some flexibility in length, one way or the other, depending on the clip). A “first-come, first-claimed” set of sign-up boards is now available. Each student must select a film clip (by title and times) that has not already been claimed. An extensive list of films is provided (below) from which to select a clip.

PLEASE NOTE: You may select a film that someone else has already selected. Two or more of you can select the same film. But you must select a film clip that is uniquely your own. And you must make your selection from one of the films listed below.

Remember you have access to three of the five full-length films in this course. Any clips not addressed in the lessons or discussion boards are fair game. Also, any film on the list is fair game–you simply need to own, rent, or borrow the film.

Your paper provides an opportunity to apply the O.A.R.S model of examination (Observation, Analysis, Reflection, Synthesis), which has been practiced in the discussion boards, and which has been repeatedly modeled in the lessons of this course. The key is to focus, and to examine in detail.

Here are some more tips about writing your paper: You can assume the reader has seen the film, but you still want to orient your reader with a brief introduction of your topic. Similarly, at the end of your paper, you want a conclusion that provides insight and synthesis–stating the sorts of things that come from reflecting on the observations and analysis that make up the “meat” of your paper.

Peruse the film list, and select a film from the list and identify a clip between 1 and 3 minutes in length that will be the subject of your paper. It’s possible that the clip could be shorter or longer—but check with your instructor about any exceptions.

There are four Sign-up Boards, based on the first letter of the film titles. Be sure to select the correct sign-up board—as presented in the list here—based on the alphabetical category under which your selected film is listed.

When you are sure of your selection, go to the corresponding Sign-up Board and post your film title with start and stop times for your selected clip. The Sign-up Board explains exactly how to do this.

Some examples of clips that have already been “claimed” (by virtue of their having been the subject of examination within our lessons) provide a model for your sign-up “posts.”

CAVEATS:

First, it is your responsibility to make sure that the clip you have chosen has not already been claimed. Dividing the film list into four alphabetized boards makes that task much less of a burden. The sign-up boards provide a time and date “stamp” that is the arbiter of any disputes.

Second, if you select any of the films that we have examined in the lessons or discussion boards, you must be sure that the clip you have selected is not one that has already been under consideration. It is your responsibility to make sure of this. Further, there are several films that we have yet to consider that will be part of the last unit’s lessons and discussion boards. Specifically, these films include:

Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
Edward Scissorhands
Batman
Atonement
Gladiator
The Dark Knight
Juno

In this regard, you cannot select any of the following clips from these films:

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (25:28 to 26:11, 34:30 to 35:00, 44:30 to 51:17)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (0:00 to 10:14, 19:46 to 20:35, 46:09 to 47:31, 50:45 to 52:11, 55:16 to 57:40, 1:02:03 to 1:06:01, 1:08:12 to 1:13:24)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (0:00 to 25:03, 1:13:58 to 1:16:30, 1:50:16 to 2:14:29)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (0:00 to 38:24, 1:23:50 to 1:33:30)
Edward Scissorhands (0:00 to 5:38, 9:50 to 14:51, 15:40 to 16:40, 17:54 to 19:39, 25:59 to 27:33, 47:54 to 51:54, 55:46 to 56:44, 1:02:54 to 1:06:27, 1:18:49 to 1:20:16)
Batman (3:33 to 7:08, 10:32 to 12:25, 14:18 to 17:08, 54:50 to 57:19)
Atonement (0:00 to 3:18, 6:10 to 14:31, 20:00 to 24:42, 25:57 to 28:14, 30:20 to 32:55, 39:59 to 43:29, 43:49 to 49:44, 54:21 to 57:37, 59:29 to 1:02:48,
1:03:16 to 1:05:04, 1:05:09 to 1:10:18, 1:11:56 to 1:14:02, 1:16:48 to 1:18:52, 1:20:00 to 1:21:52, 1:26:29 to 1:28:45, 1:34:50 to 1:38:07, 1:44:30 to 1:46:16)
Gladiator (0:00 to 13:00, 23:32 to 26:09, 32:00 to 38:37, 38:42 to 46:42, 48:56 to 50:35, 51:05 to 1:00:45, 1:03:08 to 1:05:47, 1:05:52 to 1:08:41, 1:09:03 to 1:16:10)
The Dark Knight (33:29 to 37:54, 46:19 to 53:28, 1:00:22 to 1:04:05)
Juno (0:00 to 4:15, 7:17 to 10:56, 1:12: 46 to 1:18:01, 1:19:10 to 1:29:23)

Film List for Final Paper

Films: A – D

12 Years a Slave
300
3:10 to Yuma
45 Years
Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Tintin
Alexander Nevsky
Aliens
Amadeus
American Beauty
American Graffiti
American Hustle
An American in Paris
American Sniper
Amistad
Amour
Anna Karenina
Anomalisa
Any Given Sunday
Apollo 13
Argo
The Asphalt Jungle
Atonement
August: Osage County
August Rush
Away from Her
Babe
Babel
Back to the Future
Barry Lyndon
Barton Fink
Batman
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beetlejuice
Ben-Hur
The Best Years of our Lives (1946)
The Big Chill
Big Hero 6
The Big Lebowski
The Big Short
The Big Sleep
Birdman
The Birds
Blackboard Jungle
Blackmail
The Blind Side
Blue Jasmine
Blue Velvet
Body Heat
The Book Thief
The Bourne Ultimatum
Boy and the World
Boyhood
The Boxtrolls
The Brave One
Brazil
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Bride of Frankenstein
Bridge of Spies
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Brief Encounter
Brokeback Mountain
Broken Arrow
Brooklyn
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain Phillips
Carol
Carrie
Casabalanca
Cashback
Cast Away
Changeling (2008)
Charade (1963)
Chariots of Fire
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie Wilson’s War
Cheyenne Autumn
Children of a Lesser God
Children of Men
The Children’s Hour
Chinatown
A Christmas Story
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Cinderella (1950)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Cinema Paradiso
Citizen Kane
A Clockwork Orange
Clueless
Collateral
The Constant Gardener
The Contender
The Conversation
Crash (1996)
Creed
Dallas Buyers Club
Dances with Wolves
The Danish Girl
The Dark Knight
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Dead Again
Deliverance
Destry Rides Again (1939)
The Dirty Dozen
Django Unchained
Don Giovanni
Double Indemnity
Dr. Strangelove
Drive
Drums Along the Mohawk
Duel in the Sun

Films: E – K

E. T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Eastern Promises
Easy Rider
Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
El Cid
El Espinazo del Diablo
Eldorado
Elf
Elizabeth
Elizabeth and the Golden Age
The Exorcist
Eyes Wide Shut
Fatal Attraction
Femme Fatale
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Five Easy Pieces
Flight
Flushed Away
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Forrest Gump
The Fountain
The Fountainhead
Foxcatcher
Frost/Nixon
Frozen
Full Metal Jacket
Gallipoli
Garden State
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Gilda (1946)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Gladiator
Glory
The Godfather
Goldfinger
Gone Girl
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Goonies
Gosford Park
The Graduate
Gran Torino
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Grand Hotel
Gravity
The Great Escape
The Great Gatsby
Groundhog Day
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hallelujah!
Hancock
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Hateful Eight
Henry V
Her
High Noon
Himala
A History of Violence
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Holy Smoke
Hotel Rwanda
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ida
The Ides of March
The Illusionist
The Imitation Game
Imitation of Life
The Impossible
In Cold Blood
Inception
The Incredibles
Indian Fighter
The Informer (1935)
Inherent Vice
Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Man
Inside Out
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Iron Man
Jarhead
Jaws
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Jezebel
Joy
The Judge
Juno
Key Largo
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
The Killers (1946)
The Killing Fields
King Kong
King’s Row
Kiss Me Deadly
A Knight’s Tale
Kon-Tiki
Kung Fu Panda

Films: L – R

La vie en rose
Labyrinth
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Laura
Lawrence of Arabia
The Letter
Leviathan
Life of Pi
Lifeboat
Lincoln
Little Big Man
Little Miss Sunshine
Lolita
The Longest Day
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lost Weekend
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Magic Flute
Maleficent
The Maltese Falcon
A Man Called Horse
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man with the Golden Arm
Manhunter
The Martian
The Master
Matilda
The Matrix
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Mean Streets
Memoirs of a Geisha
Men in Black
Michael Clayton
Midnight Cowboy
Mildred Pierce
Milk
Million Dollar Baby
Mr. Turner
Les MIserables
The Mission
Modern Times
Moonrise Kingdom
Moulin Rouge
The Mummy
My Best Friend’s Wedding
My Darling Clementine
The Naked City (1948)
The Natural
Nebraska
Night and the City
Nightcrawler
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
No (Chile, 2012)
No Country for Old Men
North by Northwest
Notorious
Now, Voyager
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Odds Against Tomorrow
Old School
On the Waterfront
Once
Objective, Burma!
Out of Time
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
Peter Pan
Philadelphia
Philomena
The Pink Panther (1963)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Plainsman (1936)
Planet of the Apes
Platoon
Port of Shadows
Pride and Prejudice
The Princess Bride
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ran
Rear Window
Rebecca
Red Dragon
Red River
The Red Violin
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Reservoir Dogs
Return of the Jedi
The Revenant
Rich and Strange
Ride the High Country
River of No Return
Rocky
Romeo and Juliet
Room
Room with a View
Rope
A Royal Affair

Films: S – Z

Sabotage (1936)
Sabrina (1954)
Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
The Searchers
Selma
The Sessions
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shaft (1971)
Shane
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shepherd of the Hills
The Shining
The Shootist
Shrek 2
Shrek III
Sicario
Signs
Silver Linings Playbook
Silverado
The Simpsons Movie
Singing in the Rain
Sisters (1973)
The Sixth Sense
Skyfall
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepy Hollow
Slumdog Millionaire
The Social Network
Some Like It Hot
Song of the Sea
South Park
Spellbound
Spider (2002)
Spotlight
Stagecoach
A Star Is Born
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Still Alice
The Sting
Stranger than Fiction
Strangers on a Train
Steve Jobs
Sunset Blvd.
Superman
The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Tangerines
Taxi Driver
Team America
The Theory of Everything
There Will Be Blood
There’s Something about Mary
They Died with Their Boots On
This Island Earth
Timbuktu
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Titus
To Catch a Thief
To Have and Have Not
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tom Jones (1963)
Top Hat (1935)
Touch of Evil
Traffic
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Triumph of the Will
True Grit
Trumbo
Two Days, One Night
Unbroken
Unforgiven
Up
Up in the Air
The Usual Suspects
Vertigo
The Village
WALL-E
War Horse
War Witch
What Lies Beneath
When Marnie Was There
Where Eagles Dare
Whiplash
White Dog
Wild
The Wild Bunch
Wild Tales
The Winter Guest
The Witches of Eastwick
Witness
The Wizard of Oz
The Wolf of Wall Street
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Young Mr. Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

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