You are required to write a total of three essays, one essay for each section (A, B, and C). Each answer must be a minimum of 600 words (but please, no more than 750 words).

You may write about each film ONLY ONCE.

It is very important that you support your analytical points with specific illustrations (cinematic evidence) from course films.

Please indicate, by number, your answers.

Eligible Films:

• Casablanca
• Double Indemnity
• Invictus
• The Graduate
• LA Confidential
• American Beauty
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Green Book
• Silence of the Lambs
• Memento
• The Imitation Game
• Ex Machina
• Hidden Figures
• Interstellar

Student Learning Outcome for the Final Examination: The comprehensive examination at the end of the term allows students to demonstrate their understanding of essential cinematic terms and concepts by articulating their function(s) and importance and then illustrating them in films that are part of the course viewing schedule. The final examination, in particular, serves as an opportunity to demonstrate the Creative Thinking Student Learning Outcomes that are a central part of the course: 1) Demonstrate responsiveness within an established disciplinary context (Film) to new information, experiences, and ideas through a process of re-evaluating the ideas and/or approaches; 2) Break down complex problems to examine, propose, and support potential solutions, even if those solutions deviate from acceptable, mainstream solutions. These outcomes are embedded in your final examination in your articulation of how (and toward what purpose) cinematic tools are employed in specific course films. These outcomes will be assessed according to the depth and breadth of articulation that you demonstrate in your application of these terms and methods to specific films in course.

SECTION A: Answer one of the questions.

The question that I have chosen is: (insert the question that you are responding to from the list in Section A here. Do not just include the number of the question.)

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SECTION B: Select two or more terms/concepts from the list on the exam and apply them to one or more films viewed in class.

I have chosen the terms of 1) ____________ and 2) _____________ to apply to the film ________________________.

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SECTION C: Select TWO issues from the list on the exam and apply them to one or more films viewed in class.

I have chosen the issues of 1) ____________ and 2) _____________ to apply to the film ________________________.

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