Category: Movies

  • Blast from the Past

    Investigate tropes.  What is a trope? View the film Blast from the Past (1999) and review it with the aim of pointing out several tropes. note the broad categories tropes fall into, identify several examples from at least 3 categories. You may want to consider scanning the script from Blast from the Bast (1999) for…

  • The Iron Giant TV Trope BINGO

    Prepare: Create a new Word processing document at the google docs. Follow link “Document” when in your STJ email account: Table->Insert Table a 5×6 table. Label the top B I N G O, centre justified Into the remaining 25 squares insert a hyperlink and a brief description to a selected tv trope from Iron Giant.…

  • Tropes in Film

    Investigate tropes.  What is a trope? View a film and review it with the aim of pointing out several tropes. note the broad categories tropes fall into, identify several examples from at least 3 categories. Write a short story(that one day could be turned into a feature film) based on an idea generated by tvtropes.org…

  • Compare Two Films

    Compare and contrast how two films deal with conflict. Man vs. Self Man vs. Society Man vs. Nature Man vs. Machine/Technology Man vs. Fate Standard Method Focus on characterization: character description, actions, speech, or thoughts. or Advanced Method Focus on such aspects as imagery, symbolism, archetypes. Quote directly from the films to support your points.

  • Human Qualities and Ideals in Film

    Davidge: “If one receives evil from another, let one not do evil in return. Rather, let him extend love to the enemy, that love might unite them.” I’ve heard all this before… in the human Taalmaan. Jerry: Of course you have. Truth is truth. From the film, Enemy Mine (1985) Imagine a character from the…

  • Movie Ratings

    Do you think the present method of rating movies is appropriate, effective, or unnecessary? Get the facts and take a position in a hard-hitting essay. Don’t be bland. Speak forthrightly.

  • If I Were a Movie Star

    Imagine your life as a movie star. Give yourself a movie name and describe in your blog how your life goes from day to day.

  • The Best Movie I Have Seen in a Long Time

    Discuss the best movie you’ve seen recently. What was its name? Who were its characters? What was its plot? What did you enjoy about it?

  • A Movie I Would Like To Be In

    Describe a film you’d like to act in. What is it about? Who are the characters? Which character would you like to play?