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Post by SegaMegaDave on Apr 3, 2011 20:29:12 GMT
Title - Why 'The Burbs' is often incorrectly perceived as not the greatest film ever made, when in reality it is the greatest film ever made.
Subject matter - write 10000 words about 'The Burbs', including quotes and analysis, possibly draw some pictures of Tom Hanks and the Klopeks.
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Post by salopstick on Apr 3, 2011 20:41:45 GMT
Title - Why 'The Burbs' is often incorrectly perceived as not the greatest film ever made, when in reality it is the greatest film ever made. Subject matter - write 10000 words about 'The Burbs', including quotes and analysis, possibly draw some pictures of Tom Hanks and the Klopeks. i can do it 5 weekend at bernies is better
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Post by SegaMegaDave on Apr 3, 2011 21:08:55 GMT
Title - Why 'The Burbs' is often incorrectly perceived as not the greatest film ever made, when in reality it is the greatest film ever made. Subject matter - write 10000 words about 'The Burbs', including quotes and analysis, possibly draw some pictures of Tom Hanks and the Klopeks. i can do it 5 weekend at bernies is better You're wrong. Fortunately for you this is a common occurrence. Your vast experience in being wrong will guide you through the thoughts and emotions flying round your mind when reading this post and the cold moments of reality thereafter. After which you may wish to post again with an apologetic tone and an admittance that 'the Burbs' is the greatest film ever made. Should you decide to admit that you are wrong you can be assured of an un-rivalled level of understanding and respect from me and your other friends on the Oatcake. Let me know if you need any help or guidance during that period. Your mate Dave
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Apr 4, 2011 12:55:14 GMT
fuck the Burbs, Bachelor Party is Hanks's finest work...
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Post by steventweed on Apr 4, 2011 13:07:15 GMT
Having more or a read, could I do a dissertation on one film? Looking at it from a certain theoretical perspective? Or a comparison of films with something in common So like...... 'A critical look at the representation of Women in science fiction' or 'An analysis of the Cinematography of Hitchcock' Some shit like that? Mine was "How do Michael Haneke's films represent middle class society and it's perceived ills?". Some proper pretentious shit that somehow got me a 2:1. Maybe the people marking it, were just pleased not be reading another essay about Tarantino or Hitchcock and marked it according. I basically did 4 of his films, covering 1000-1500 words each, then about 4000 words on their similar themes and a conclusion. Just think of it as bunch of smaller essays, I know that sounds stupidly simplistic, but it helped me a bit when I realised I hadn't done shit on it and only had 3 weeks to bash it up. It sounds like your probably familiar with auteur theory, and I refered to that loads in those last 4000 words. Quite simple stuff to talk about if you're a film student/doing your dissertation on something about film.
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Post by salopstick on Apr 4, 2011 16:55:27 GMT
i can do it 5 weekend at bernies is better You're wrong. Fortunately for you this is a common occurrence. Your vast experience in being wrong will guide you through the thoughts and emotions flying round your mind when reading this post and the cold moments of reality thereafter. After which you may wish to post again with an apologetic tone and an admittance that 'the Burbs' is the greatest film ever made. Should you decide to admit that you are wrong you can be assured of an un-rivalled level of understanding and respect from me and your other friends on the Oatcake. Let me know if you need any help or guidance during that period. Your mate Dave I'm can't be arsed to dig out my desertion but you are wrong. The burbs isn't even Tom hanks best film. Turner and hooch takes that title
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Post by Orbs on Apr 4, 2011 17:21:31 GMT
I could write you 1000 words on......
"Why cage fighting is complete and utter Monkey spunk."
If it helps of course.
???
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Post by SegaMegaDave on Apr 4, 2011 17:21:34 GMT
I'm can't be arsed to dig out my desertion ;D I'm going to put the above down to iPhone spell check pal. Turner and Hooch is good but is it as good as K9? Also are you saying you have written a dissertation on 'Weekend at Bernies'?
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Post by salopstick on Apr 4, 2011 17:30:08 GMT
k9 is rubbish james belushi is a fatter, non funnier version of john belushi
dog films peaked with beethovens 2nd
weekend at is not only a classic tale but teaches you that you can be dead inside and still be the life and soul, all you need is good friends to get by.
a pop cultural iconic film
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Apr 5, 2011 11:37:32 GMT
Miss Piggy gives me a right chubby, she is dead clever and wise and supports Stoke. magic combo. Bet she is gorgeous too!
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Post by martinthegypo on Apr 5, 2011 12:25:13 GMT
For anyone who has ever done one, please explain to me what the fuck I have to do exactly? My tutors have decided to disappear off the face of the earth and I've got no idea what I have to do other than '1000 word dissertation proposal' I've had a google, but as usual it's just people wanting money to write it for me or generally not much help. Does it have to be a question? As in it couldn't be 'How Horror movies changed over the 20th century' but could be something like 'Is 3D really the future of cinema?' That's off the top of my head as it's two film related subjects I could probably chat about. And how do I turn coming up with a question into a proposal? Come on you academic GDB'ers The most important thing is to try and sound confident/authoritative but don't overreach (ie - women in SF is waaaay too broad for an undergraduate dissertation - you'd need to narrow that down for starters, say to just SF films in the last 10-20 years). All the lecturer wants to see at this point is that you've done some relevant reading and are starting to organize your ideas. I'd steer clear of looking at just one film unless you genuinely think you have lots of interesting stuff to say about it; at the same time, horror cinema is is THE most comprehensively written-about genre so its difficult to say much 'new' unless you get to grips with stuff that's come out in the last 5 or 6 years. Have a look at the essay below on recent US horror which might give you some ideas (even if you disagree with the argument it's helpful to have something to argue against): staffs.academia.edu/MartinFradley/Papers/146579/Teenage_Traumata_Youth_Affective_Politics_and_Contemporary_American_Horror_CinemaHope this helps.
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Apr 5, 2011 12:28:08 GMT
Sci Fi much more interesting, what about mark kermodes asscertation that now "cultured" sci-fi that requires attention of the viewer is becoming box office, i.e. Inception , or how Star wars made us all thick?
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Post by Plain Jane on Apr 5, 2011 13:39:40 GMT
Sci Fi much more interesting, what about mark kermodes asscertation that now "cultured" sci-fi that requires attention of the viewer is becoming box office, i.e. Inception , or how Star wars made us all thick? I'm not familiar with the theory, but I can see where he is coming from I guess, but you have to consider Star Wars and the likes of Inception, Matrix etc are aimed at totally different audiences. Star Wars was aimed squarely at pre teen boys (sorry Mr Lucas but I loved it too!!) and their Dad's. It didn't need a great deal of understanding really, just the ability for the boys to be impressed with Space Travel and the Dads to be impressed with Carrie Fisher. Good vs evil. A simple concept. When you consider the age it came from as well space was a big thing, this was the decade of the moon landings, if you believed some we would all be living on Jupiter by now so it held a great fascination. Unfortunately your average man on the street didn't really have much of an understanding of the Universe other than what he had seen and been amazed at on the TV, and the studios wanted to sell movies so they had no choice but to simplify and tailor to an audience. Inception is aimed at a much older audience and along with Matrix probably plays on our fears of how far technology can go. I think when you watch these movies "could we ever really do that?" is always at the back of your mind, which I guess would have been the same question lots of pre pubescent boys were asking back in 1977. I don't think Star Wars made us thick exactly, more accepting of what the movies were showing us? Maybe a few of those young boys were more curious and went on to become scientists, who knows?
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Apr 5, 2011 15:42:31 GMT
you should be listening to radio 5 on friday afternoons, he was counterpointing the sort of films like Silent Running, 2001, Darkstar etc with the space opera type ones.... you failed to comment on my previous post to the same depth however! The contextual point was not just Inception, but Moon which was an homage to the 70s style films and the new one by the same director whose name eludes me!
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Post by mistersausage on Apr 5, 2011 17:03:20 GMT
For anyone who has ever done one, please explain to me what the fuck I have to do exactly? My tutors have decided to disappear off the face of the earth and I've got no idea what I have to do other than '1000 word dissertation proposal' I've had a google, but as usual it's just people wanting money to write it for me or generally not much help. Does it have to be a question? As in it couldn't be 'How Horror movies changed over the 20th century' but could be something like 'Is 3D really the future of cinema?' That's off the top of my head as it's two film related subjects I could probably chat about. And how do I turn coming up with a question into a proposal? Come on you academic GDB'ers You also need to introduce a hypothesis or two and steer well clear of plagiarising stuff off the internet. Structure your dissertation along the lines of the cinematic trends through its history and support it with widely available statistics and their impact on the budgets of the production companies. There will be volumes of information out there and your 10000 words will soon get used. 'Is 3D really the future of cinema?'A better question would be "In what way can 3D in feature films improve films themselves and their appeal to the cinemagoing public?" There also has to be original thought in there.
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Post by bradscfc on Apr 6, 2011 12:26:51 GMT
For anyone who has ever done one, please explain to me what the fuck I have to do exactly? My tutors have decided to disappear off the face of the earth and I've got no idea what I have to do other than '1000 word dissertation proposal' I've had a google, but as usual it's just people wanting money to write it for me or generally not much help. Does it have to be a question? As in it couldn't be 'How Horror movies changed over the 20th century' but could be something like 'Is 3D really the future of cinema?' That's off the top of my head as it's two film related subjects I could probably chat about. And how do I turn coming up with a question into a proposal? Come on you academic GDB'ers The most important thing is to try and sound confident/authoritative but don't overreach (ie - women in SF is waaaay too broad for an undergraduate dissertation - you'd need to narrow that down for starters, say to just SF films in the last 10-20 years). All the lecturer wants to see at this point is that you've done some relevant reading and are starting to organize your ideas. I'd steer clear of looking at just one film unless you genuinely think you have lots of interesting stuff to say about it; at the same time, horror cinema is is THE most comprehensively written-about genre so its difficult to say much 'new' unless you get to grips with stuff that's come out in the last 5 or 6 years. Have a look at the essay below on recent US horror which might give you some ideas (even if you disagree with the argument it's helpful to have something to argue against): staffs.academia.edu/MartinFradley/Papers/146579/Teenage_Traumata_Youth_Affective_Politics_and_Contemporary_American_Horror_CinemaHope this helps. Cheers for that, I see your point about sticking to recent films if I'm going to do Horror. The thing I love about Horror though is the trends or new genre conventions, so merging this idea with the 'is horror scarier' idea 'What does 21st Century Horror Cinema tell us about Society?' or a better wording of that. I like that idea, might start writing it today if somebody who knows their stuff is online to agree/disagree with it? ;D I love you GDB
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Post by bradscfc on Apr 6, 2011 12:55:21 GMT
'Does 21st century Horror cinema represent 21st century fears?'
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Post by martinthegypo on Apr 7, 2011 15:58:29 GMT
'Does 21st century Horror cinema represent 21st century fears?' ? Sounds good to me: as the essay I sent you a link to points out, one of the great criticisms of recent (American) horror is that it hasn't really responded to the post-9/11 world in the way that the genre did (say) in relation to Vietnam etc. You could argue for or against this line of thought, and maybe make an argument about whether recent horror from different countries is more politically sensitive/forthright....?
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Post by spunkbubble on Apr 7, 2011 22:03:07 GMT
I got a first for my law dissertation on euthanasia. The vest advice I could give is to actually write one sentence as the title, but incorporate 2 factors. The title for mine was;
'Should euthanasia be legalised in Britain and is it morally acceptable in a modern day society?'
I'd definitely try to incorporate a moral / ethical slant to the discussion. The reason being is that you can then argue both sides and come up with your own argument - the marker can't mark you down on your opinion if it differs from theirs, as long as you've explained your point.
If you're doing it on horror films perhaps you could base it on something like;
'horror films are becoming increasingly graphic and disturbing. Does this encourage violence within today's society?'
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Post by Yorkshirepotter on Apr 8, 2011 5:13:47 GMT
'Does 21st century Horror cinema represent 21st century fears?' ? My academic expertese is nil but the horror route definately sounds an interesting one. What about covering the change of horror context too. From the monsters of the 50s through the 80s slasher up to the modern day 'real horror' of Eden Lake, Saw, Ils etc? Maybe an angle on how it seems to have gone full circle and returned to Psycho style 'shit that could really happen' rather than a bogey man style bad guy? Just a thought like.
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Post by bradscfc on Apr 8, 2011 11:14:42 GMT
Spoke with my tutor and doing "The Internet and Modern Horror, is it a case of kill or be killed?" Looking at the effect of the internet on Horror, both in terms of desensitizing audiences to graphic content and also the pro's and con's from a business point of view. There's been 2 main kinds of succesful horror films in the last 12 years, torture porn like Saw and Hostel that try and out-do the worst of the internet, and Docu-Horror like Paranormal Activity that has little to no gore but instead mimics the sort of amateur footage you'd find online. On top of that, small Horror studios can get much more advertising, exposure but then most people will probably illegaly stream or download it. So that gives me a few points to cover, plus a questionaire I can hand out about how/if people illegaly watch films etc....... Seems to cover all the bases, should be a laugh
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Apr 8, 2011 12:53:25 GMT
I once suggested the title - "Indoor Baseball Pitches, what are the advantages?"
I think that covered all the bases.
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Post by bradscfc on Apr 8, 2011 20:44:48 GMT
Kermode's been reading this thread ;D
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