Identify and explain how the film expresses at least two elements found in one of the following
Subject: Humanities
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Topic: Your discussion board assignment is to watch and discuss with your classmates at least one classic film from the early days of cinema: 1) Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936)
Details: After viewing the film (as per the alphabetical protocol) and reading Chapter 9 of our textbook and the additional required resources (the Stevens and and/or Snider article), start a new thread by writing a three-paragraph post of at least 400 words, in which you:
1) Discuss how the film reflects the historical and socioeconomic contexts of America ca. 1936 or Europe ca.1927, and how the film-maker responds to the problems and issues of the day in the film. What are the intentions and cinematographic techniques used by the film-maker to express his attitude toward Politics and/or industrial capitalist society and/or the machine, and their effects on humanity in his day?
2) In what ways does the film-maker express the elements of “critical thinking” and the qualities of “Film Auteur” through the film?
3) Identify and explain how the film expresses at least two elements found in one of the following, either with reference to the film-maker himself or to one of the characters in the film:
a) the “Hero’s journey,” or
b) the “Creative Cycle of the Aesthetic Person.”
B. Post a reply (of at least 75 words) to two classmates, in which you:
Extend or add to the discussion by suggesting additional interpretation, comparing/contrasting the two films, or indicating additional elements of the Hero’s Journey, or the Creative Cycle of the Aesthetic Person, or the Critical Thinking of the Film Auteur.
Don’t forget to cite at least two sources: your textbook and either the Stevens article or Snider article.
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