French New Wave

Choose a 5 minute scene in either The 400 Blows or Breathless and analyze it through a geographical context. How does the geographical location of the film’s origin affect its mise-en-scene? Give detailed and specific examples.

Bicycle Thieves

Please choose at least two features of neorealism that DeSica presents in the film that effectively convey the overall meaning of the film. Choose one five minute scene and analyze the scene using two cinematic elements of your choice, and one cultural context through which to analyze.

Rififi

Choose a 5 minute scene and analyze it through the lens of a cultural context of your choice.  Be sure to cover 2-3 cinematic elements in your analysis.

The Thin Man

Compare The Thin Man and Bringing Up Baby, in terms of one cinematic element and genre. Choose one scene from each for comparison.

Bringing Up Baby

Think about the film's mise-en-scene. Choose one scene in the film and discuss all aspects of the mise-en-scene (costumes, set, lighting, props, framing) and its relation to the scene and the film as a whole. Discuss also the cultural context of the film(perhaps comparing to another film of this year from another geographical location), as well as insights into the intent of the filmmaker as well as copious evidence from within the frame. Use at least 2 paragraphs for your discussion. 

And please post your favorite line from the film.

Blood Simple

Choose a cultural context through which to look at a 5-minute scene in Blood Simple and 2 film elements with which to do an analysis of the scene. Be sure to include a sentence or two on the scene's relationship to the film as a whole.

Cultural contexts include:
Economic
Geographical
Historical
Institutional
Political
Social
Technological

Double Indemnity

Choose one scene and look at it through a feminist lens. How are women depicted cinematically? Be sure to use solid cinematic evidence from the film as well as quotes from the Mulvey essay. Also, mention the scene's relationship to the film as a whole and why you chose the scene.

Minimum: 2 paragraphs.