Film Studies Daily Log

Friday, February 13

We (almost) finished watching Shadow of a Doubt.

HW due Monday, February 23 (the day we return from break):
As per the assignment sheet passed out today, students are to investigate selected categories for which Academy Awards will be given on Sunday the 22nd. For each category they are to (1) explain what the "job description" is -- that is what creative role the person nominated performs in the making of a motion picture, and (2) to list at two of the most famous practicioners of each "art" or "science" over the history of film, and to list at least one film that person worked on (for example: Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt, Psycho; Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil.)

Typed, double-spaced, in your own words (not copied and pasted).

Suggested resources:
www.imdb.com -- Glossary. On home page, scroll to bottom and select index, then in index select Glossary and look up terms (categories, job descriptions) alphabetically.

www.filmsite.org -- Glossary. At bottom of page select Site Map, then scroll way down till you find gossary & go to it.

www.filmreference.com -- Enclopedia has informative longer entries on some of the categories.

For famous practitioners, try going to www.oscars.com and looking up past recipients of the various awards.

Raw googling is of course another possibility.