Write three separate short essays(650-750 words each essay,approximately2.5-3pages each),answering the following questions.Please do NOT simply repeat the argument presented in class;try to find an original angle or approach that will take you beyond class lectures. ***Note on Using Theoretical Sources:the essays you choose need not be the ones that were assigned on the syllabus the same day as the film was screened.In other words,you may find readings from other weeks helpful in making your argument,so dont be reluctant to create new,potentially illuminating pairings.Make sure to provide proper citations(i.e.including page numbers)in the MLA or Chicago style. You also need to cite your films. Please follow the instructions carefully and answer the following questions thoughtfully Q3.Over the course of the term,we have read a number of ?manifestoswhich both pin pointed a crisis or problem within cinema,and proposed ideas for the new direction that cinema should take.Choose two examples from the list below,and for each,answer all thefollowing questions: a) What are two historically specific factors that the manifestois reacting against? b) what is one reason that this manifesto appears at this particular historical moment? c) what are two propositions for a renewed cinema that this manifesto makes? d)for each manifesto,describe one example of how this idea was exploredina film we watched this term.Be specific about the relation of theory and practice. You may choose from the followingtexts:AlexandreAstruc:?TheBirthofaNew Avant-Garde:LeCamera-Stylo;FernadoSolanasandOctavioGetino,?TowardaThird Cinema;JulioGarc??aEspinosa,?ForanImperfectCinema;Trier,LarsvonTheDogmeManifestoanVowofChastity;SamiraMakhmalbafTheDigitalRevolution andtheFutureofCinema Resources (only chose two of the texts and answer the four questions above): 1. FernadoSolanasandOctavioGetino,?TowardaThird Cinemain Film and Theory:An Anthology, eds. Robert Stam and Toby Miller. (Malden: Blackwell, 2000),265-286. Online reading link: http://documentaryisneverneutral.com/words/camasgun.html
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