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Overall, I enjoyed the class. I originally took the class as an elective because I took a lit and film class in high school and thought that it would be similar. This class focused more on the film and cultural impact that the film had while the class in high school focused on comparing books and films. The material regarding film and filmmaking were very similar so this class was too difficult for me. Going into the class I had prior knowledge about shots, angles, sound, and other filmmaking techniques. The movies in this class were very different from the other class, which I enjoyed. They were movies that I would have probably never gone and seen on my own, so this class exposed me to different types of movies. I would say that my favorite movie we watched besides Cars would either be Get Out or Jaws. I liked Get Out because it was probably the most modern film that we watched in class. The plot was interesting and intense in a good way. It did have a somewhat fear factor to it, whi...

Cars is an animated film that was released in 2006 by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film takes place in a world where everyone and everything is an automobile. It follows an arrogant rookie racer Lightning McQueen, who is about to have the biggest race of his lifetime. Lighting McQueen, Chicks Hicks, and Strip Weathers all tie the last race for the Piston Cup, so the racing comity decides to have a final race winner takes all styles in California in a week. Lighting McQueen and Chicks Hicks are competing for sponsorship from Dinco, the biggest racing company, who are losing their current car Strip Weathers after the final race. Lighting McQueen wants to be the first to California to try and get the sponsorship, so he tells his driver to drive through the night. They both end up falling asleep and Lighting McQueen falls out the back of the car and ends up in a small town called Radiator Springs. He ends up destroying the road and is sentenced to fix the road. All...

 Barry Jenkins' 2016 film Moonlight is a coming-of-age film that follows the life of a homosexual black man named Chiron. It has a unique style, where it broke his life up into three chapters. The first chapter is titled Little and takes place when he is a kid. He meets Juan, a drug dealer, when he is running away from other kids who are chasing him and calling him names. In the first chapter, Juan acts as a father figure for Chiron as he often runs away from his house to go to Juan's house. Juan has a roommate Terresa who is somewhat of a mother figure for Chiron. Later in the chapter, we find out that Chiron's mom is a drug addict. Chapter two follows Chiron when he is a teenager. He still is dealing with bullies and his drug-addicted mother. He spends the night at Teresa's house because his mom told him he had to leave the house for the night. It seems that he would often go to Juan and Terresa's house while growing up. We find out that Juan died and seems like C...