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Essay Instructions: Prompt:Compare Charlie Chaplin and Carlos Bulosan as cultural figures attempting to speak for the "little people" of the world. Who were their audiences and how did that shape the creative opportunities they had nad the decisions they made?

Directions: Please answer ALL parts of the question stated above. Please include a clear thesis, good arguments and clear transitional and opening sentences for each paragraph and a strong introduction and conclusion. Must be an "A" quality paper.
Paper must be a FULL LENGTH of 2 pages minimum.

Essay Instructions: This is a research paper on Charlie Chaplin for my final in Critical Film Studies. The paper has to start with his acting career; how he started his acting career, how he came to America, and how he created his famous character "the tramp" . The paper has to include three of his best movies; First his silent movie "The Kid", his first talkie "Modern Times", and "The Great Dictator" the paper has to evaluate and compare Charlie Chaplin's performance, editing style of the film, story, musical score between the three movies that I listed above. The paper has to also include how he founded the studio "United Artists". The essay should end with Charlie Chaplin's first Oscar in 1972 for the movie "Limelight" it should talk about his performance in the movie and what made him get the Oscar. Specific details that have to be included after you mention a name of all the film for the first time, it has to mention director's name and the year the film came out, example: Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942). All movie names have to be in italic font throughout the whole paper. After you mention a character name for the first time write actor's name in brackets, example: Rick Blaine (Humprey Bogart). The paper has to be in MLA format with 1 inch margin, double spaced. It has to include only academic sources such as books, university articles etc.. (no wikipedia or IMDB or anything of that category). If you are using a quote, the period has to go inside a quotation mark. Quotes from books have to include writer's name and page number. Example: (Doherty, page 43) and every source from the web has to include a link on the bottom of the page with a reference number to the source that has been used.

Essay Instructions: 1 page response to the film Modern Times with Charlie Chaplin. talk about the state of the United States at the time with the move to an industrial society. talk about how it relates to the Great depression and unemployment and poverty and hunger of the time.

Essay Instructions: You need to view five films from 1900-1929: Princess Nicotine, or the Smoke Factory (1909) Fantasy; The Invaders (1912) Thomas Ince Western; The muskeeteerso of Pig Alley (1912) D.W. Griffith, Gangster; Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) Windor McCay Animation; The Rink (1916) Charlie Chaplin Comedy.
Write an introduction one to two paragraphs in which you describe what you see by citing details from the films. You might also share with us what you liked and didn't like about each of the films. What, in your opinion, are the most importaant elements that show up in later movies.
After the introduction, select one shot each from three of the films, describe each shot. Your descriptions should deal with both form and content. Each description should take at least two paragraphs (i.e. one for form and one for content).
To discuss form you should answer questions like these: How are things (people, objects, landscapes) arranged within the frame during the shot? Is there action in the shot, and if so, where within the frame does ti take place? Do things move across the frame. or do they stay in the same place? Does the camera move or is it stationary? Is the camera close to the subject or far away (i.e. close up or a long shot)?
To discuss content, you should answer questions like these: Who are the characters in the shot? What happens in the shot? What is the signifigance of what happens in the shot? What do the characters say? What do they do? What is the relationship between what they say and what they do?
End the essay with a concluding paragraph in which you summarize the most important ideas you have encountered in your study.
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