Due Mon Mar 25 (extended to Fri Mar 28)
Instructions
Analysis: Communicating through Images
Review A (optional — consider as we watch films in class), then do B below. You may use the writing you have already done to answer the questions below, or you may add the answers to what you have already written. Both will help you understand better how movies work to achieve their effects.
OPTIONAL
A. Basic Information: Character, Place, Tone – For the first section of this Analysis exercise, you will watch the opening sequences from a selection of movies. Answer the following questions in relation to each sequence:
1. What characters are revealed in the opening, and how are they introduced? Are there any clues indicating who will be main characters in the movie?
2. Using the vocabulary from this unit, describe one sequence of at least three consecutive shots from the selection. What does the sequence tell you?
3. What information is revealed in the opening? How is this done—through shots? Sound? How does shot selection show or hide information?
4. After examining your answers for 1, 2, and 3, what do you think will be the tone and style of the movie?
REQURED
B. Creating a World: Inhabitants, Landscapes & Interiors, Atmosphere – For Part B, you will watch Inja by Steve Pasvolsky and compare it to another film screened in class. We began this assignment in the first class, and you may continue to add to it to complete the assignment. Take notes on the movies to prepare your answers to the following questions. For each movie answer the following questions:
1. How are the characters introduced? Through the course of the movie, how do their actions define who they are?
2. How is the setting portrayed? What is the sense of space in the movie—what do you see or not see in the world that these characters inhabit?
3. What types of shots do you see in the film? How do the filmmakers use photography to set a tone and style?
4. What is the pace and style of the editing? Describe two cuts in the movie: between what shots do they occur and at what points in the story? In what ways do any edits add meaning to the shots or help the flow of scenes?
5. What visual and sonic elements create a strong impact? What are your reactions to the short movie? Consider both your thoughts and emotions.
—From Casinghino, Carl. Moving Images: Making Movies, Understanding Media (Page 31). Cengage Textbook. Kindle Edition.
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