Category: Cinema

Learning Goal:
How does a director create their own unique style? What makes an

Learning Goal:
How does a director create their own unique style? What makes an auteur? If style is the repeated, noticeable use of cinematic techniques, how can we describe Wes Anderson’s unique vision? This assignment asks you to determine the stylistic, narrative and thematic concerns in this film, and evaluate an auteur’s work based on that criteria.
Answer all of the following prompts:
DO NOT RETYPE THE QUESTIONS INTO YOUR RESPONSE.
What genre(s) would you put The Grand Budapest Hotel in? Remember that there can be genre hybrids, so this film may fit in more than one genre. (5 points).
What stylistic conventions, narrative organization, iconography or themes led you to place the film in this genre? (5 points)
What stylistic patterns stood out to you when watching this film? Remember that style is the repeated use of noticeable techniques. How did the director use the four stylistic elements (mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound) to present the narrative? Use three specific examples from the film in your analysis (5 points for each example).= total 15 points
How to Complete Your Assignment
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General writing assignment guidelines:
Your response should be at least 2 pages, double spaced, 12 point font (do not include the date, my name, the class number, etc.).
Attach your response as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf to submit the assignment.
Write in your own words (the assignments will go through SimCheck, a service that detects plagiarism).
Your reflection should address topics below. They should not be merely a re-hash of the movie’s plot. This is your chance to discuss your observations, reactions and insight about the film.
All assignments must be free of spelling and grammatical errors. Reports will be marked down if they don’t meet page length requirement.
Movie titles go in italics (not quotes, not bold).
No late reports will be accepted.
The Rubric for how the points will be distributed is included is below.
You are not required to use vocabulary from this week’s reading for grading purposes of this assignment.

In this précis, please discuss the seven elements of classical story telling as

In this précis, please discuss the seven elements of classical story telling as applied to this film.
Additionally, please discuss:
1.     Which methods of critical analysis from this Module might validly be applied to Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)? 
2.     Which one method of critical analysis is most instructive for this film?
HISTORICAL
A historical approach is one of the most widely used methods in film criticism.  Writers organize and investigate according to a film’s place in a historical context (past and present / before and when the film was made) and in light of historical development (subsequent / events after the film was made).  When employing a historical approach, there are some questions to consider–
·       Is the historical information you use going to be background or introductory information for your essay?
·       Are you concerned with why and how certain historical events are represented in the subject film?
·       Does the historical background assist in explaining narrative or technical maneuvers in the film?
·       Does the film stand out in history, or is it part of a historical trend?
·       If so, is your essay intended to clarify that place in history?
·       What is more important to your essay — the historical facts behind the film’s production, how its successive audiences responded to the film, or a combination of the two?
NATIONAL CINEMA
If historical issues often play some part in essays on films, another important–and related–way to discuss film is in terms of cultural or national character.  This approach presupposed that films are influenced by the political and aesthetic climate of the place of origin.  To better understand the film, you need to understand the cultural conditions that produced the film to better understand the film itself.
AUTEUR
The auteur approach to criticism is one of the most widely accepted and often unconsciously practiced film criticism approaches today.  This approach identifies and examines a film by association with its director or star.  This presupposes certain common themes and stylistics traits that link films by the same filmmaker.  For example, what are the signature aesthetics of a Scorsese film?  MOS (“mit ohne sound” / without sound) sequences set to popular music and/or voice over, for example?

i attached the screen notes as documents so you can pick a term thats in purple,

i attached the screen notes as documents so you can pick a term thats in purple, the movie is CITY LIGHTS
LINK TO THE MOVIE; You can use your library card or university to log in
https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/113147?vp=triton
thank you!
Using one of the terms in purple text in the Screen Notes section of this lesson. Answer these three prompts:
Term: Pick a term, name the term you are writing about and define the term. Reminder: Don’t copy and paste the definition from the course material. 
Analyze: Find an example of the term you chose in the feature film assigned for this lesson. Describe the example scene well enough for me to recognize it and describe the term at work in the scene. Then analyze how using the term in the helps tell the story of scene: what is it doing to help the scene?
Evaluate: Use the knowledge of the term you gained in analysis to evaluate why other filmmakers would want to use the term. What is specific to the term that helps filmmakers? 
Your response must be at least 250 words long. Take a look at the essay example posted below to help you understand how to do this assignment. You can write your essay within Blackboard or you can upload a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.