Week of October 14
1940s Hollywood-Golden Age- Citizen Kane
What is film noir and what characteristics define it?
- Unit II: The Golden Era (1940-1969)
- Objective 1: The 1940s took film to exciting new places. Plot, Story, Time
- How did the rapid-fire dialogue of the 1940s contribute to film’s effectiveness?
- How did film noir contribute to film’s effectiveness?
- How did American optimism contribute to film in the 1940s?
Essay 4 due Tuesday October 29
TEST on October 24
Total 100 points
8 short answer questions (32 points)
8 matching(16 points)
18 multiple choice (36 points)
1 long answer (16 points)
Material to review to prepare for test
Re-read your essays
Look over films we’ve seen
Important aspects of film
Crash course