ENG2100 Exam 2
Work type: Coursework
Format: Other : Other (See instructions)
Pages: 2 pages ( 550 words, Double spaced
Deadline: Mar 12, 2020 at 9:42 AM (3 d, 11 h, 48 m)
Academic level: Undergrad. (yrs 1-2)
Subject or discipline: Film & Theater studies
Title: ENG2100 Exam 2
Number of sources: 2
Paper instructions:
ENG2100 EXAM 2
There is no time limit for this exam.
Read questions below carefully. Answer all of the questions below in a short paragraph. Each question is worth10 points. Make sure to be specific and gives specific references to the films. Type your answers up and submit them on Blackboard.
- What causes the broken glass in Persona and what effect does it have on the film itself?
- Explain what Walter Benjamin means when he writes: “Our taverns and city streets, our offices and furnished rooms, our railroad stations and our factories appeared to have us locked up beyond hope.” Give the context of the quote and explain it.
- Explain the concept of scopophilia in Laura Mulvey’s essay and why it is important for her analysis.
- Describe briefly at least four of the “values and assumptions to insistently embodied in and reinforced by the Classical Hollywood cinema,” according to Robin Wood (pg. 592-601).
- Using Peter Wollen’s article “Godard and Counter Cinema: Vent d’Est,” (pg. 418-426) give two films that we have seen in class that have used the ‘counter cinema’ approach with specific references to which conventions (those mentioned in Wollen’s article) the films ‘broke.’
- Describe the crisis of masculinity in Vertigo.
- Explain how Werner Herzog uses the camera to give an impression of the reality of the jungle and its effects on the European invaders.
- How does Alien confirm the idea of “too early!”, a key feature of horror films, as described in Linda Williams’s “Film Bodies: Gender, Genre, and Excess” (pg. 602-616)?
- What does the male gaze have to do with phallocentric culture, according to Laura Mulvey?
- Explain briefly the difference between a film actor and the character he portrays and a stage actor and the character he portrays according to Stanley Cavell (304-314).
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