Thursday (Leighton Pierce, 5 min., 1991)

Write an analysis on his/her chosen online film/video. The analysis mustinclude (1) a student’s name, (2) a title of the chosen film/video, (3) the filmmaker’sname, and (4) time information of the section of the film/video for the analysis, e.g.,“00:10:15 – 00:10:26” (hours: minutes: seconds), and it should be between 750 and1000 words and well typed. Do not include any quotations, and do not do anyresearch on the filmmaker and the film/video – I want to hear only your owninterpretations. The paper must be submitted to me by email as an attachedMicrosoft word document (.docx file) before the end of the due date.A student is encouraged to watch the chosen film/video multiple times, even pause itto analyze a still frame, in order to write an analysis not based on his/her memory butfrom close viewing experience. This assignment requires immersion with the film.Although a student is supposed to watch the entire film/video, the analysis must focuson one short consecutive section, less than 15 seconds, which should have at leasttwo shots – the section could be only a few seconds, and the time information of thesection must be mentioned clearly in the paper as described above.The analysis should be about forms in cinema, any possible decisions made by thefilmmaker and how they would work to express possible ideas/concepts, and/orfilmmaker’s interests to the audience, viewing experience of the work.A student should look for what is unusual and distinctive about the way the film/videois made, regarding its formal qualities. How do these formal elements contribute to orinteract with our understanding of the film? What are the techniques used to structurethe scene/shot? How do the techniques challenge and surprise us? What kinds of9strategies are used to express possible concepts?

Below is a list of elements that a student may want to focus on the analysis.

• Visual composition (line, shape, color, contrast, texture, movements, space,etc.)

• Camera work (stationary, zoom, pan, dolly shot, handheld, rack focus, etc.)

• Camera position (level, angle, distance from a subject, etc.)

• Speed in motion (slow motion, fast motion, timelapse, frozen frame, etc.)

• Perspective relations (subjective/objective)

• Lens perspective (wide-angle, normal lens, telephoto, fish-eye, zoom lens, etc.)

• Lighting (types of lighting, direction of light, and use of shadow)

• Spatial relations (planes of action, perspective, shallow/deep space, andoutside of a frame)

• Editing (graphic, rhythmic, spatial, temporal relations, etc.)

• Visual effects (superimposition, transition, negative image, etc.)

• Filmmaking techniques (re-photography, loop printing, direct animation, handprocessing,etc.)

• Sound (music, ambient/environmental sound, sound effects, voice over,electronic sound, diegetic and non-diegetic sound, etc.)

• Relation between sound and visual

• Use of different source materials such as found footage, still photography,written text, home movie, etc.

• Choice of medium and format (film, analog video, digital video, 8mm, 16mm,etc.)