English 1A: Cinerama—The Movies and Me

DH De La O, The Department of English and Comparative Literature at SJSU

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Movie News 8.25.15


The Real Reason Women Don't Direct More Action Movies from Funny Or Die
  • Funny or Die examines why there aren't more female directors of action films (MTV News)
  • Original Straight Outta Compton script featured female abuse (Rolling Stone)
  • Lionsgate gives The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 gives a lush, new promotional banner (Empire)
  • Ghostbusters reboot salutes its female crew (Dark Horizons)
  • Because why not? Here is every punch Jason Statham has thrown on film (Sploid)
  • Trailer of the week: Taissa Farmiga in The Final Girls
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DH De La O,
The Department of English & Comparative Literature
@ San José State University

Office Hours: Mo/We 10:30 - 11: 30 AM, FOB 111
Phone: 408.924.5019
Email: dhdelao@gmail.com

ENGL 1A, Sec. 17—Mo/We 12:00 – 1:15 PM, BBC 121


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Syllabus

  • ENGL 1A, Fall 2015

DropBox

  • Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics
  • Crafting the Essay: Writing as a Process
  • MLA Style 101
  • On Wordiness: Exercises
  • Sample Multimedia Presentation (Bigfoot)
  • Sample Multimedia Presentation (Wine Customs)
  • Sample Multimedia Presentation (Wonder Woman)

eReader

  • "America" from West Side Story
  • "Dallas Buyers Club Piracy Case: Court Dismisses Many of Studio's 'Surreal' Claims" (Guradian)
  • "Elephant Love Medley" from Moulin Rouge!
  • "Good Morning" from Singin' in the Rain
  • "How Hollywood is Encouraging Online Piracy” (Scientific American)
  • "How People are Caught Illegally Downloading Music, Movie Torrents” (International Business Times)
  • "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables
  • "I Want to Hold Your Hand" from Across the Universe
  • "Mein Herr" from Cabaret
  • "My Man" from Funny Girl
  • "Real Cost of 'Free' Downloads” (USA Today)
  • "Summer Movie Piracy Rises: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Tops 2015 Downloads" (Variety)
  • "Summer Nights" from Grease
  • "The Man That Got Away" from A Star is Born
  • "Torrents for Dummies” (SloMo Tech)
  • "We Both Reached for the Gun" from Chicago
  • "Why I Stopped Pirating and Started Paying for Media” (Lifehacker)
  • "Why Movie Piracy IS Bad (And What to Do About it)” (ScreenRant)
  • “You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You” (Forbes)

Writing Resources

  • Grammarly
  • OWL (Purdue University)
  • The Punctuation Guide

Film Resources

  • The Hollywood Reporter
  • Variety
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