Instruction
develop an original proposal for a film that you will examine for critical analysis. Your focus should be on how the themes of the film are represented not only by the narrative storytelling and characterizations, but through the unique qualities of cinema as the selected medium for telling the particular story.
You are to consider the elements of cinema that we have been examining this semester, including: (1) cinematographic elements of shot composition, camera angles, camera movement, color and contrast; (2) aspects of the mise-en-scène, such as sets and locations, props, costumes and makeup, actor performances, special effects; (3) types of edits and the way shots are juxtaposed in a specific scene or sequence; and (4) the use of sound in the film from the musical scoring to realistic and invented sound effects and the nature of character dialogue, as well as any voice-over used for the film.