Orders › #11359

Number Of Pages: 1

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Subject or discipline: Film & Theater studies

Title: Outline

Instructions: Attached.

Orders › #11359
Number Of Pages: 1
Number of sources: 3
Subject or discipline: Film & Theater studies
Title: Outline
Instructions: Attached.

ENG2100 MIDTERM

Instructions: Watch the film clips listed on the next page. Choose five of them (each from a different film) and analyze them addressing all of the following criteria for EACH film clip.

How To Submit:

Type up your analyses in a format similar to the outline above and submit it whether through the submission link in Blackboard.

There is NO word count limit (minimum or maximum). Quality is more important than quantity. Make sure to analyze the scenes very closely.

Criteria:

1) FORM—breaks into two broad categories

a. Shots

i. Composition

· Describe the composition/ relationship between the object and the frame.

ii. Camera Angle

· Describe the angle and how it affects the composition or character development.

iii. Camera Motion

· Describe any camera motion and what it may mean for the development of the narrative.

b. Cuts

i. Continuity editing

· Describe any continuity edits and importance (if any)

ii. Montage

· Describe any montage and how it may work to develop a more complex idea.

2) MEANING

a. Describe what the scene means for the larger narrative or theme(s) of the film. This should include:

i. character development

ii. plot structure

iii. larger thematic considerations (interpretation)

Film Clip Links

Select five film clips. Each clip must be from a different movie. Click on the hyperlink to view the film clip on YouTube. Closed captions are also available. Please contact your instructor if you cannot access the clips.

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· How to Capture a Murderer

· Wer Ist Der Mörder?

· The Monster Awakens

Citizen Kane

· The Castle

· Journalists

· Boarding House

Vertigo

· The Fall

· The Spanish Mission

· Death

Sunset Boulevard

· Cinema

· If the Lady Is Paying

· I’m Ready for My Close Up

Floating Weeds

· Opening

· Wall of Rain

· Love Scene