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.

Film Guide

As promised, here is the Film Guide, first assessment 2019. We will go over this in class, but it's a good idea for you to become familiar with it on your own as well.

In addition, here is a link to the assessment materials.

Man With a Movie Camera

Watch the film...

http://www.archive.org/details/ChelovekskinoapparatomManWithAMovieCamera

Your Looking at Movies textbook has a nice quote about Vertov and his film on page 428.

Vertov shows us how to frame reality and movement: through the human eye and the camera eye, or through windows and shutters. But to confound us, he also shows us--through such devices as the freeze-frame, split screen, stop-action, slow motion, and fast motion--how the cinematographer and editor can transform the movements of life into something that is unpredictable. He not only proves that the camera has a life of its own, but also reminds us of the editor, who is putting all of this footage together. Reality may be in the control of the artist, his camera, and its tricks, but it also finds definition within the editor's presentation and, ultimately, the viewer's perception.

In your first well-developed paragraph, please discuss this quote in relation to a five minute piece of Man With a Movie Camera. Be sure to describe shots cinematically, as if I've never seen the film before. Discuss elements of editing, such as the juxtaposition of shots, rhythm, montage, etc.

In your second well-developed paragraph, discuss this quote in relation to a film of your choice. Try to be as specific as possible in your descriptions and speak cinematically when you discuss the film.