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.

Assignment Question

This end-of-term written 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 included in the lessons, open forums, 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 included in the lessons, open forums, or discussion boards, you must be sure that the clip you have selected is not one that has already been presented for 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 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 1917 20th Century Women 300 3:10 to Yuma 45 Years Ad Astra Adventures of Robin Hood The Adventures of Tintin Aftersun Alexander Nevsky Aliens All Quiet on the Western Front All the Money in the World Allied Amadeus American Beauty American Graffiti American Hustle An American in Paris American Sniper Amistad Amour Anna Karenina Anomalisa Another Round Any Given Sunday Apollo 13 Argentina, 1985 Argo Arrival The Asphalt Jungle At Eternity’s Gate Atonement August: Osage County August Rush Avatar: The Way of Water Avengers: Endgame Avengers: Infinity War Away from Her Babe Baby Driver Babel Babylon Back to the Future The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Banshees of Inisherin Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Barry Lyndon Barton Fink Batman The Batman (2022) Beasts of the Southern Wild A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Beauty and the Beast (2017) Beetlejuice Being the Ricardos Belfast Ben-Hur The Best Years of our Lives (1946) Better Days The Big Chill Big Hero 6 The Big Lebowski The Big Short The Big Sick The Big Sleep Birdman The Birds Black Panther Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Blackboard Jungle BlacKkKlansman Blackmail Blade Runner 2049 The Blind Side Blonde Blue Jasmine Blue Velvet Body Heat Bohemian Rhapsody Bombshell The Book Thief The Boss Baby Borat Subsequent Moviefilm The Bourne Ultimatum Boy and the World Boyhood The Boxtrolls The Brave One Brazil The Breadwinner Breakfast at Tiffany’s Breakthrough 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 Call Me by Your Name Can You Ever Forgive Me Capernaum Captain America: The Winter Soldier Captain Fantastic Captain Phillips Carol Carrie Casablanca Cashback Cast Away Causeway 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 Christopher Robin The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Cinderella (1950) Cinderella Man (2005) Cinema Paradiso Citizen Kane A Clockwork Orange Close Clueless Coco CODA Cold War Collateral Collective Coming 2 America The Constant Gardener The Contender The Conversation Crash (1996) Creed Cruella Cyrano Da 5 Bloods Dallas Buyers Club Dances with Wolves The Danish Girl The Dark Knight Darkest Hour Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The Day the Earth Stood Still Dead Again Deepwater Horizon Deliverance Destry Rides Again (1939) The Dirty Dozen The Disaster Artist Django Unchained Doctor Strange Don Giovanni Don’t Look Up Double Indemnity Dr. Strangelove Drive Drive My Car Drums Along the Mohawk Duel in the Sun Dune Dunkirk 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 Elle Elvis Emma Empire of Light Encanto EO Everything Everywhere All at Once The Exorcist The Eyes of Tammy Faye Eyes Wide Shut The Fabelmans Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them A Fantastic Woman Fatal Attraction The Father The Favourite Femme Fatale Fences Ferdinand Fight Club Finding Nemo First Man First Reformed Five Easy Pieces Flee Flight Florence Foster Jenkins The Florida Project Flushed Away For Whom the Bell Tolls Ford v Ferrari Forrest Gump The Fountain The Fountainhead Four Good Days Foxcatcher Free Guy Frost/Nixon Frozen Frozen II Full Metal Jacket Gallipoli Garden State Get Out The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Gilda (1946) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Gladiator Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 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 The Greatest Showman Green Book Greyhound Groundhog Day Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Hacksaw Ridge Hail, Caesar!