First Assignment

Read the following selections carefully, marking up the text and making notes on the important ideas, words, phrases, and concepts. Then write a short essay (2-3 pages double- spaced) analyzing the selection and the ideas it brings up. You should be able to find out who the film theorist is because it’s part of your assigned reading. Short papers are not easy as you have little space to work in. Getting a good grade on this paper revolves around being able to explain, in detail, the central concepts in a very concise way. In other words, give yourself time to edit the paper. Make it as efficient as possible. “The cult value of the remembrance of loved ones, absent or dead, offers a last refuge for the cult value of the picture. For the last time the aura emanates from the early photographs in the fleeting expression of a human face. This is what constitutes their melancholy, incomparable beauty. But as man withdraws from the photographic image, the exhibition value for the first time shows its superiority to the ritual value.”