CAMS comps 2012: Before and After Asphalt [essay], The Incredible Owlbear [video]

Abstract

My essay, Before and After Asphalt, is a formal analysis of Joe May\u27s 1929 German silent film Asphalt, and how it relates to the German Expressionism movement that came before it and the Film Noir movement that followed. In my video, The Incredible Owlbear, a sullen high school kid discovers that an irritating, grumpy, old man he knows is actually a retired superhero. He attempts to convince the old man to come out of retirement and train him to be a new superhero but is met with hard resistance