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FILM ESSAY GALLERY

A COLLECTION OF FILM ESSAYS ABOUT CHARACTERS, SCENES, DIRECTORS, GENRE AND MORE.

All entries displayed on this page were made for WRTC or Film Studies assignments at JMU and authored independently to satisfy the requirements of varying professors' unique instructions.

Academic Film Essays: Portfolio of Work

Directed by: Paul Schrader

Class: WRTC 330 Rhetorical Analysis and Criticism
Critical Essay

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Directed by: Joe Carnahan

Class: WRTC 330 Rhetorical Analysis and Criticism
Critical Essay

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Directed by: Joel & Ethan Coen

Class: SMAD 461 Film As Art
Breakdown

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Directed by: Tom Tykwer

Class: ENG 420 Advanced Studies in Film and Media Theory

Scene Analysis

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Directed by: Orson Welles

Class: ENG 420 Advanced Studies in Film and Media Theory
Critical Response/ Film Moderation

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Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Class: SMAD 384 Film Authorship: Martin Scorsese

Character Study

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Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Class: SMAD 384 Film Authorship: Martin Scorsese
Critical Analysis

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Directed by: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon

Class: SMAD 380 Intro To Film Studies

Research Paper

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Directed by: Francis Ford Coppala

Class: SMAD 380 Intro To Film Studies

Scene Analysis

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Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard

Class: SMAD 380 Intro to Film Studies

Scene Analysis

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ITALIAN NEOREALISM VS. THE FRENCH NEW WAVE

Post-War Cinemas

Class: ENG 222 Global Cinemas and Social Change

Comparative Analysis

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Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñarritu

Class: ENG 222 Global Cinemas and Social Change

Film Analysis

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"I think this just might be my masterpiece..."

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