What is a Western? (510-600 words). Note: If you want to do this option you can
What is a Western? (510-600 words). Note: If you want to do this option you can watch the episode on your own: Reservation Dogs, https://www.hulu.com/series/reservation-dogs-5a310c23-e2db-4c9f-a66c-27c2fee43d92?entity_id=255f36dd-5001-4fa2-8c94-2b3e18839a5d
S 1 E 6 “Hunting”(26min). https://www.hulu.com/series/reservation-dogs-5a310c23-e2db-4c9f-a66c-27c2fee43d92?entity_id=255f36dd-5001-4fa2-8c94-2b3e18839a5d
The lectures for this week discuss three different kinds of film/TV narrative: classical (Stagecoach), post-classical/complex (Westworld), and art cinema (The Rider). Select 3 specific scenes of the following episode of Reservation Dogs and discuss how mise-en-scene, editing, sound, and cinematography function in relation to the narrative. Address the following:
How can we consider this episode as adjacent to the Western genre?
In what ways is it responding to classic Western tropes?
In what ways is it subverting/transcending these tropes?
Each scene analysis should be 170-200 words minimum and address at least three elements of film form.