Tuesday, August 15, 2023

ENG 281 Intro to Film Studies: Fall 2023 Responses

Exemplary Responses:

Chiane Ireland - Bones and All: This World Can Eat You Alive

Charity Colley - The Matrix: Forces Beyond Comprehension

Autumn Blees - Interview With The Vampire: The suffering of immortality

Annica Johnson - Us: Follow the White Rabbit

Taylor Knox - Portrait of a Lady on Fire: It's not Merry, but It's Lively

Maria Brockman - Grief and Celtic Mythology in Song of the Sea

Maria Brockman - Petite Maman: A Beautiful and Cautionary Tale

Luke Howard - Louder Than Bombs: Who Do I Hate?

Luke Howard - Gravity: The Tragedy of Space

Gustavo Jimenez - Ponyo: Relationships

Emily Dixon - Gravity: Cinematography Masterpiece

Bradley Bond - Petite Maman: A Touching Tale for All

Abby Russell - Snowpiercer: Freedom in Different Eyes

Nick Vessels - A Dark Song: “I’m gonna unshackle… the house from the world.”

Nathan Garr - Train to Busan: A Film of Fatherhood

Michael Eastham - Cemetery Man (1994): A Weird but Still Thoughtful Zombie Movie

Kate Baker - “Re-Animator:” A Gory-ous Depiction of Horror & Dark Comedy

Autumn Blees - Saw X: Continuing the legacy of John Kramer

Arrielle Senior: The Shining - Spiraling Thoughts

Annica Johnson - Videodrome: “I just can’t handle the freaky stuff.”

Maria Brockman - Roma: Absent Fathers

Luke Howard - First Cow: The Rough Way to Get Milk

Gustavo Jimenez - Licorice Pizza: The Epitome of Life

Emily Dixon - Wendy and Lucy: Step by Step

Bradley Bond - Get Out: An Explosive Entrance

Nick Vessels - Night of the Living Dead: "They ain't comin' through that!"

Nathan Garr - Night of the Living Dead: A Familiar Zombie Tale

Nathan Garr - Midsommar: An Elusive Tapestry of Meaning

Jody Boles - Unveiling the Supernatural Portal: "Poltergeist" and the Haunting of Suburbia

Jody Boles - Unraveling Madness and Isolation in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"

Jody Boles - "The Fog": Unveiling the Haunting Atmosphere of John Carpenter's Supernatural Tale

John Melton - The Invitation: Real-World Cult Horror

Jared Gagle - Midsommar: A Trippy Breakup?

Jared Gagle - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: A Symbolic Masterpiece

Chiane Ireland - “Deliverance” 1972 - The Hillbillies Have Eyes

Charity Colley - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and the Chaos of the Sawyer Family

Autumn Blees - Color Symbolism in Get Out

Autumn Blees - Blind Faith in the Wicker Man

Autumn Blees - The Ring: Tormenting the Innocent

Annica Johnson - Zombie Flesh Eaters: Fresh Meat

Annica Johnson - Midsommar: The Terror of Grief

Annica Johnson: The Wicker Man - Fear of The Unknown

Alanya Freeman - Get Out

Alanya Freeman - The Ring: The Ring: The Fear of and Attachment to Technology

Luke Howard - Get Out

Gustavo Jimenez - US: We're Americans

Tayshaun Marshall - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Fight for Animal Rights and the Struggling Economy of Rural America

Sabrina Prater - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Masterpiece of Horror

Nick Vessels - Deliverance: “They’re gonna rape this whole landscape. They’re gonna rape it.”

Nick Vessels - Tigers are Not Afraid: “There’s nothing. Not even tigers.”

Nathan Garr - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: A Slasher with Something to Say

Kate Baker - The Devil's Backbone: What is a Ghost?

Jesus Gomez - The Ring (2002) - The Circle of Technology and Horror

John Melton - Stanley Kubrick’s Mastery of Framing in The Shining

Jared Gagel - Candyman: Building Upon an Urban Legend

Jared Gagel - The Shining: Ambiguity and Insanity

Charity Colley - The Cabin in the Wood: Desensitized to Horror

Annica Johnson: Kuroneko

Tayshaun Marshall - The Shining: The Horrors of Men

Sabrina Prater - The Cabin in the Woods: A Metamodern Exploration of Horror

Nick Vessels - The Cabin in the Woods: Monsters? Magic? Gods?

Michael Eastham - M. Night Shyamalan’s Debut Ghost Story

Michael Eastham - The Cabin in the Woods: Goddard’s Necessary Rebellious Horror

Kate Baker - The Fog: A Minimalist Marvel

Kate Baker - The Cabin in the Woods: A Meta-nificent Dissection of Horror

Jody Boles - Kuroneko (1968) - Exploring the Ethereal Intersection of Revenge and Empathy

Jody Boles - Exploring the Haunting Allure of Folk Horror in "Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched"

Jody Boles - Deconstructing Fear and Fandom: "The Cabin in the Woods" (2011) Analysis

John Melton - The Cabin in the Woods: A Comedic Love Letter to the Horror Genre

Ashley Daily: The Cabin in the Woods (2011, Goddard) – Meta-Commentary on Human Sacrifice

Annica Johnson - The Cabin in the Woods: Satirical Horror



ENG 281: 16 week course

Ahmed Abuasba (The Shining; The Ring; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Midsommar; Night of the Living Dead; Zombieland; The Witch; The Matrix; Bones and All; Invasion of the Body Snatchers) - 10 [Completed Both]

Alayna Fryman 10 (The Ring; Get Out; Night of the Living Dead; The Empty Man; Us; Bones and All; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Prey; The Sixth Sense; Train to Busan) - 10 [completed both]

Annica Johnson 10 (The Cabin in The Woods; Kuroneko; The Others; Publication of Kuroneko; The Others; Zombie Flesh Eaters; Train to Busan; Videodrome; Saw X; The Exorcist) - 10 [Finished the responses and FP]

Arielle Senior 10 (Poltergeist; The Others; The Invitation; Reanimator; The Craft; Train to Busan; The Exorcist; The Shining; The Witch; Carrie) 10 [Completed Both]

Ashley Daily 1 (The Cabin in the Woods) - 1

Autumn Blees 10 (Poltergeist; The Ring; The Wicker Man; Get Out; Film Matters publication; Re-animator; Zombieland; The Craft; Saw X; The Witch) 10 [Completed Both]

Charity Colley 10 (The Cabin in the Woods; The Shining; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Night of the Living Dead; 28 Days Later; The Ring; The Witch; The Matrix; Mulholland Dr; Invasion of the Body Snatchers) - A [Completed Both]

Chiane Ireland  (The Cabin in the Woods; Oldboy; Poltergeist; The Devil's Backbone; Deliverance; The Invitation; Bones and All; The Thing; Annihilation; Valerie and Her Week of Wonders; Only Lovers Left Alive) 10 (no FP responses)

Jacob Boyers 10 (The Cabin in the Woods; The Shining; Candyman; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Zombieland; Night of the Living Dead; The Exorcist; Carrie; Alien; Mulholland Dr) - A [Completed Both]

Jared Gagel 10 [Cabin in the Woods; The Shining; Candyman; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Midsommar; Re-Animator; Train to Busan; The Craft; The Empty Man; The Matrix] - A [Completed Both]

Jesus Gomez 10 [Cabin in the Woods; The Sixth Sense; The Ring; The Wicker Man; Midsommar; Night of the Living Dead; Shaun of the Dead; The Exorcist; The Witch; The Matrix] - A [Completed Both]

Jody Boles 10 (Cabin in the Woods; Woodland Dark and Days Bewitched; Kuroneko; Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue; Horror Noire; American Nightmare; The Fog; The Shining; Poltergeist; The Sixth Sense) - A [Finished the responses and FP]

John Melton 10 [Cabin in the Woods; Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue; The Shining; The Devil's Backbone; Blood on Satan's Claw; The Invitation; Shaun of the Dead; Night of the Living Dead; The Craft; The Witch] - A [Completed Both]

Kaitlyn Vieu 10 (Cabin in the Woods; The Sixth Sense; Candyman; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Get Out; Night of the Living Dead; Train to Busan; Kill List; The Craft; The Empty Man) - A [Completed Both]

Karlee Mitchell  (Cabin in the Woods; Poltergeist; The Girl with All the Gifts; The Witch; The Matrix; It Follows; They Live; Nope) 10 [Completed Both]

Kate Baker 10 (Cabin in the Woods; The Fog; The Devil's Backbone; The Blood on Satan's Claw; Midsommar; Re-Animator; Shaun of the Dead; The Craft; The Empty Man; Ginger Snaps) - A [Completed Both]

Katherine Roberts 0 

Logan Kidd 10 (The Fog; Candyman; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; The Invitation; Zombieland; The Empty Man; The Matrix; Cam; Nope; Bram Stoker's Dracula) - A [Completed Both]

Makenzie Thompson 10 (The Shining; Candyman; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; The Kill List; Night of the Living Dead; 28 Days Later; The Exorcist; A Dark Song; Alien; District 9) - A [Completed Both]

Michael Eastham  (The Cabin in the Woods; The Sixth Sense; The Devil's Backbone; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Get Out; Cemetery Man; Zombieland; The Witch; Ginger Snaps; The Lobster) - A [Completed Both]

Nathan Garr 10 (The Cabin in the Woods; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Midsommar; Night of the Living Dead; Train to Busan; The Exorcist; The Witch; Film Matters Publication; The Matrix; It Follows) - A [Completed Both]

Nick Vessels 10 (The Cabin in the Woods; The Fog; Tigers are Not Afraid; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Deliverance; Night of the Living Dead; Shaun of the Dead; The Craft; A Dark Song; The Matrix) - A [finished the responses and FP]

Sabrina Prater 10 (The Cabin in the Woods; The Shining; The Ring; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Night of the Living Dead; The Witch, Carrie, Us; Thing; Annihilation) - A [completed both]

Tayshaun Marshall 10 (The Cabin in the Woods; The Shining; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; The Invitation; Candyman; Night of the Living Dead; The Girl with All the Gifts; The Empty Man; Carrie; Cam) - A [Completed both]



Final Projects:

Ahmed Abuasba - Five Extra Films 5 [District 9; Bram Stoker's Dracula; The Exorcist; Get Out; Pan's Labyrinth]
Alayna Fryman - Five Extra Films [Midsommar; Carrie; Bram Stoker's Dracula; The Shining Poltergeist] 5
Annica Johnson - Five Extra Films 5 [Suspiria; The Witch; The Matrix; Us; American Mary] - 5
Arielle Senior - Five Extra Films  [It Follows; Midsommar; The Thing; Get Out; Under the Skin] 5
Autumn Blees - Five Extra Films [Interview with the Vampire; Carrie; Bones and All; The Matrix; The Thing] 5
Charity Colley - Five Extra Films 5
Chiane Ireland - Five Extra Films
Jacob Boyers - Five Extra Films  [District 9]  5
Jared Gagel - Five Extra Films 5
Jesus Gomez - Five Extra Films [Saint Maud; Alien; Nope] 5
Jody Boles - Five Extra Films 5 [The Ring; Candyman; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Deliverance; The Wicker Man]- 5
John Melton - Five Extra Films [Carrie] 5
Kaitlyn Vieu - Five Extra Films [Wake in Fright; Bones and All; Doctor Sleep; Us] 5
Karlee Mitchell - Five Extra Films 5
Kate Baker - Five Extra Films  [Saint Maud; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Annihilation] 5

Logan Kidd - 5
Makenzie Thompson - Five Extra Films 5
Michael Eastham: Five Extra Films [Thing; District 9; The Addiction] 5
Nathan Garr - Five extra films  [The Prey; The Thing] 5
Nick Vessels - Five extra films 5 [Saint Maud; Starship Troopers; Bram Stoker's Dracula; The Thing; The Addiction] - 5
Sabrina Prater - Five Extra Films 1 (Bram Stoker's Dracula) 5
Tayshaun Marshall - Five Extra Films (Starship Troopers; Arrival; The Addiction) 4


ENG 281: 12 Week Course

Abby Russell 12 (Us; Phantom Thread; Certain Women; Snowpiercer; The Worst Person in the World; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Spirited Away)

Agnes VanderPutten 9 (The Cabin in the Woods; Phantom Thread; Louder Than Bombs; Certain Women; Roma; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Howl's Moving Castle; The Holdovers; Napoleon)

Ahmed Adeel 11 (The Master; Old Joy; Children of Men; Parasite; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Spirited Away; Arrival; The Lighthouse; )

Aiden G Portillo-Macias 11 (Nope; Night Moves; Roma)

Bradley Bond 12 (Get Out; The Master; Night Moves; Children of Men; Snowpiercer; Petite Maman; Howl's Moving Castle; Thelma; Arrival; The Northman; Napoleon)

Dana Dotson - never gave me the profile link

Emily Dixon 12 (Get Out; Punch Drunk Love; Wendy and Lucy; Gravity; Parasite; Petite Maman; Nomadland; Louder Than Bombs; Polytechniqu; The Witch)

Gabe Byrne - 0

Gustavo Jimenez(Us; Licorice Pizza; Gravity; Parasite; Petite Maman; Ponyo; Louder Than Bombs; Arrival; The Lighthouse) - 9

Harrison Richards (Get Out; There Will Be Blood; Prisoners; Spirited Away; Parasite; Oldboy; Us; Seven Psychopaths; Sicario) - 9

Lidie Richards - 0

Luke Howard  (Get Out; Inherent Vice; First Cow; Gravity; Petite Maman; Princess Mononoke; Louder Than Bombs; Dune; The Northman; Stoker; Seven Psychopaths; Nausicaa) 12

Maria Brockman (Phantom Thread; First Cow; Roma; The Host; Petite Maman; Song of the Sea; Louder Than Bombs; Dune; The Northman; Napoleon; Arrival; In Bruges) 12

Taylor Lenox (Snowpiercer; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Spirited Away; Louder Than Bombe; Dune) 5

Whitley Clifton x(Get Out) - 1






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