Laura Anschicks |
College of DuPage |
WEEKEND STUDIES
SUMMER: FILM AND FAMILY
FILM RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS
English 135
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Name: UNIT 3 Film Title: Director: Actors/Actresses: Where viewed: When: 1. Write a single sentence summarizing plot.
If possible, write no more than two.
b. What do you believe to be the most underlying conflict or question of the film? Explain in one sentence why you think this.
2. List the main characters in the film and identify them with a phrase or two.
3. Characterize the cinematography (camera angles/position/movements, shot composition, lighting) ...
4. Characterize overall mise en scene of the film and list the elements that contribute to its effect.
5. Characterize the acting in a general statement.
6. How is drama created in this film? Referring to one or two ideas in the text, first summarize the way the filmaker creates drama,
7. What seems to be the setting (time, place, social context) in which the story is placed? Discuss briefly how this impacts the film in terms of the larger historical, social, and sub-cultural events and their influence on characters and their choices and decisions.
8. In one sentence, state what you believe is a good
candidate for the main theme of the film (the main vision
of what life is like or what it means to be human; the final
main comment the film has on the basic conflicts involved). Theme statement for your film:
How does this theme relate to the main conflilct?
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