1. Choose to write your essay on either Vertigo OR Citzen Kane.
2. Answer all the prompts below for that movie.
3. Other essay requirements:
- IN YOUR OWN WORDS. I want and expect student writing. Sharing essays with others constitutes cheating and will result in a zero for both parties. I will FAIL cut and paste jobs.
- Spelling, capitalization and word usage should be accurate to receive full credit.
- You MUST include a Works Cited page and cite ALL sources in MLA format. You must use in-text citations. Please ask the Tutoring Center if you need help! Use in-line citations or footnotes or it will be assumed that you copy and pasted and you will receive a ZERO.

Go here for instructions on how to do in-line citations.
4. Upload PDF, DOC, or DOCX file formats ONLY! (No Pages. You will receive a zero if I cannot read your essay.) Do not put your essay in the comments box.

VERTIGO
Opening Sequence: Intro & Ostinato
1. Read about the musical score for Vertigo here.
2. Read about OSTINATO in your textbook.
3. Watch the opening sequence for Vertigo here
4. ANSWER:

Who was the director of Vertigo? Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.
Who was the music composer for Vertigo?
Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.
Using your textbook, define "ostinato".
How & why does the composer use ostinato in Vertigo's opening sequence - what effect does this compositional technique create in the viewer? Cite your sources.

Dinner Scene (without, then with sound)
1. WITHOUT SOUND watch the clip "Kim Novak in Vertigo (1958)" here
2. WITH SOUND ON watch the clip again.
3. ANSWER:
After watching the clip WITHOUT - then WITH sound - what information does the music give you about the characters that you would not know otherwise (there is no dialogue in this scene).
Judy Become Madeleine
1. Watch the clip Judy Becomes Madeleine (1958)" here
2. ANSWER
How does Herrmann's music work in this scene? At what point in the action does the music reach its high point? How is this reflected in the visual (the lighting effects in particular?) Cite your sources.

CITIZEN KANE
1. Read the synopsis here
2. Read about the musical score here
3. Read about the composer here
4. Watch the Breakfast Scene clip here

5. Answer the following prompts in an essay.
- Who was the director of Citizen Kane? Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.
- Who was the music composer for Citizen Kane? Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.
- Describe the music IN THE CLIP PROVIDED ABOVE during each of the following time segments. What is happening in the scene at each point? How does the music support the dialogue? (Times below refer to the Breakfast Montage clip above.)
1. 0: 30-1: 17
2. 1:18-2:00
3. 2:00-2:39

Question

1. Choose to write your essay on either Vertigo OR Citzen Kane.
2. Answer all the prompts below for that movie.
3. Other essay requirements:
- IN YOUR OWN WORDS. I want and expect student writing. Sharing essays with others constitutes cheating and will result in a zero for both parties. I will FAIL cut and paste jobs.
- Spelling, capitalization and word usage should be accurate to receive full credit.
- You MUST include a Works Cited page and cite ALL sources in MLA format. You must use in-text citations. Please ask the Tutoring Center if you need help! Use in-line citations or footnotes or it will be assumed that you copy and pasted and you will receive a ZERO.
 
Go here for instructions on how to do in-line citations.
4. Upload PDF, DOC, or DOCX file formats ONLY! (No Pages. You will receive a zero if I cannot read your essay.) Do not put your essay in the comments box.
 
VERTIGO
Opening Sequence: Intro & Ostinato
1. Read about the musical score for Vertigo here.
2. Read about OSTINATO in your textbook.
3. Watch the opening sequence for Vertigo here 
4. ANSWER:

Who was the director of Vertigo? Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.
Who was the music composer for Vertigo?
Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.
Using your textbook, define "ostinato".
How & why does the composer use ostinato in Vertigo's opening sequence - what effect does this compositional technique create in the viewer? Cite your sources.

 
Dinner Scene (without, then with sound)
1. WITHOUT SOUND watch the clip "Kim Novak in Vertigo (1958)" here
2. WITH SOUND ON watch the clip again.
3. ANSWER:
After watching the clip WITHOUT - then WITH sound - what information does the music give you about the characters that you would not know otherwise (there is no dialogue in this scene).
Judy Become Madeleine
1. Watch the clip Judy Becomes Madeleine (1958)" here 
2. ANSWER
How does Herrmann's music work in this scene? At what point in the action does the music reach its high point? How is this reflected in the visual (the lighting effects in particular?) Cite your sources.

 

CITIZEN KANE
1. Read the synopsis here 
2. Read about the musical score here
3. Read about the composer here
4. Watch the Breakfast Scene clip here 

5. Answer the following prompts in an essay.
- Who was the director of Citizen Kane? Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.
- Who was the music composer for Citizen Kane? Provide a brief bio in your own words and cite your sources.
- Describe the music IN THE CLIP PROVIDED ABOVE during each of the following time segments. What is happening in the scene at each point? How does the music support the dialogue? (Times below refer to the Breakfast Montage clip above.)
1. 0: 30-1: 17
2. 1:18-2:00
3. 2:00-2:39

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