Laura Anschicks
 

College of DuPage 

WEEKEND STUDIES
SUMMER: FILM AND FAMILY
FILM RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS
English 135

Name:

UNIT 4

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).

 

Describe one scene or shot that illustrates this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Characterize overall mise en scene of the film and list the elements that contribute to its effect.

 

Describe the effect of mise en scene elements in one scene.

 

 

 

 

5. Characterize your experience as spectator of the film (text, p. 324ff). What expectations were aroused from the start, and how did the filmmaker shape them as the story unfolded?

 

 

 

 

 

What conflicts did you find within yourself as you watched, and what generated them?

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Identify the external, societal forces influencing the characters in their values, relationships, and decisions. To what extent were the main characters aware of the influences, and how die they deal with them?

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. 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). Then explain briefly why you believe this to be the theme.
Theme statement for your film:

 

How does this theme relate to the main conflilct?

 

 

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