Your Final Draft of your Film Analysis Essay assignment will need to be a 5–6 page (1,250 word) essay
analyzing how cinematic techniques work together to create meaning or messages in a film.
Step 1: Option A: Select one film by one director to analyze. You may analyze any film screened in class or
other films of your own choosing. Option B: Choose two films by the same auteur and analyze both films.
The film (s) you choose must be readily available for repeated close viewing on DVD or online streaming. If
If you choose to analyze a film from the class, your analysis must go significantly beyond what has already been
discussed in lectures and sections.
Step 2: Watch your films and take notes. Pay attention to the broad themes explored in the film, its overall
structure, and significant techniques used. In the Week 15 Folder there are pdfs and links by titled “Writing
about a film” and can be very helpful to you here. There will also be sample templates and examples.
Step 3: Ask yourself questions. Review the discussion questions that have typically been asked in lectures, our
quizzes, and discussion boards, as well as those included in our practice discussion questions for the film
analysis essay. Ask yourself these same questions about the film you have selected.
For instance:
Does a particular color or lighting scheme dominate in certain scenes? If so, why? How do thethis assignment.***************
analyzing how cinematic techniques work together to create meaning or messages in a film.
Step 1: Option A: Select one film by one director to analyze. You may analyze any film screened in class or
other films of your own choosing. Option B: Choose two films by the same auteur and analyze both films.
The film (s) you choose must be readily available for repeated close viewing on DVD or online streaming. If
If you choose to analyze a film from the class, your analysis must go significantly beyond what has already been
discussed in lectures and sections.
Step 2: Watch your films and take notes. Pay attention to the broad themes explored in the film, its overall
structure, and significant techniques used. In the Week 15 Folder there are pdfs and links by titled “Writing
about a film” and can be very helpful to you here. There will also be sample templates and examples.
Step 3: Ask yourself questions. Review the discussion questions that have typically been asked in lectures, our
quizzes, and discussion boards, as well as those included in our practice discussion questions for the film
analysis essay. Ask yourself these same questions about the film you have selected.
For instance:
Does a particular color or lighting scheme dominate in certain scenes? If so, why? How do thethis assignment.***************