Final Film Analysis Paper

The Task:

Although this assignment is called Film Analysis Paper, it is primarily an academic paper outline that is designed to assist you in organizing your thoughts, writing, and analysis as it applies to TWO films of your choice that we have covered in Cinema 201.

You are required to write a 2 – 3-page informative outline that compares the two films. You are required to use at least ONE of Barthes’ “narrative codes” to analyze both films (i.e., Symbolic, Enigma, Action, etc.), as well as a minimum of TEN terms derived from the course. The terms you choose should also be used accurately, demonstrating an understanding of the terms.

Additionally, a properly-formatted bibliography of a minimum of three academic sources needs to accompany your outline (Open-sourced sites such as Wikipedia are not academic sources.) You may want to consult with the writing center on help with sources.) Writing center link here:

https://www.shoreline.edu/twls/

Note: One of the three academic sources can be one of the texts read for class. These sources need to be cited within the outline with a proper MLA citation.* For information on MLA citations use the following link:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Format: The paper outline should be written in 12-point, Times New Roman font, single spaced.

The Outline:

After choosing the two films you wish to analyze, consider which one of the narrative codes will best be suited to the analysis you wish to do.

Are you primarily interested in the series of “mysteries” that unfold within the film?

Are you more interested how certain elements of the action reveal a deeper meaning?

Can the film be read through the analysis of competing forces, binaries, or “antitheses”?

Consider carefully which of the narrative codes you will use.

Your paper should include a full opening and closing paragraph that identifies both films, the narrative code/s you will be using, and the main reasons that you feel these two films can be analyzed together. Your closing paragraph should include your conclusions. Note: always make sure to italicize the film’s title (i.e., A Trip to the Moon).

NOTE: You may want to write your opening and closing paragraphs after you have completed the overall outline.

Organize your analysis into topics. Imagine that each topic is an individual paragraph for the paper, and write a couple of sentences to introduce each “paragraph” of the outline. These

  

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paragraphs could center on topics such as Characters, Mise-en-scène, Camera Techniques, Narrative Structure, Mood, etc. Proceed to bullet point your “paragraphs” with concepts connected to the paragraph’s topic.

For example: (course terms and citations in red)

(Topic Sentence) The mise-en-scène of George Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon is visually fascinating, but is also very simple compared to how films are made today. The simplicity of his techniques are shown in a variety of ways.

The alien costumes are interesting – But it’s clearly just an actor.

The camera remains in one place during the entire film – Feels flat, like watching

a play. Very little Depth of Field.

The sets seem very Two-Dimensional – Just flat drawings.

The director uses lots of smoke effects to make the simple tricks more exciting.

The lighting remains very static – No changes in light.

Méliès loves to make character’s “disappear” by stopping the camera. He was a

magician by trade, who “gave the cinema the tools of fantasy, illusion, and distortion” (Mast 31).*

(Topic) The characters in A Trip to the Moon are often hard to iScenario: Aminata and Ezra are discussing the effects of globalization as a form of modernization or Westernization of the world.,Business & Finance,$35.00,

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