Overview
- 1 paragraph analyzing anything you find noteworthy about the weekly screening (full-length film). If you wish to write additional analysis to include one or more of the weekly clips, that’s great.
screening: Stagecoach (1939, John Ford) (Links to an external site.)
clips:
Red River – 1948 Clip 1 - Mutiny (Links to an external site.) Clip 2 - Guns (Links to an external site.)
The Wild Bunch (Links to an external site.) - 1969
- 1 paragraph with analysis of the week’s readings – for example, you could elaborate on a concept you found interesting or argue against a concept in the readings.
Film Art, 11th edition. David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson Chap. 9 and skim The Production Code (Links to an external site.)
- Do not summarize the lecture content, the readings, or the films’ plots. Write about things you can analyze. For example: you could write about how a film uses a visual storytelling device like subjective camera or editing. If you are ever struggling for an idea, begin with the leading questions on the worksheet. Avoid writing reviews; that is a whole other style of writing.