Understanding Movies Section 02
Film Essay #2 – Cinematography
Amazon Prime Movie Choice #1 or Netflix Movie Choice #2
Brick (2005) Moonlight (2016)
directed by Rian Johnson directed by Barry Jenkins
110 minutes (drama/crime) 110 minutes (drama/LGBTQ+)
Joseph Gordon Levitt as Brendan Ashton Sanders as Chiron
Emilie de Ravin as Emily Andre Holland as Kevin
Lukas Haas as The Pin Mahershala Ali as Juan
Nora Zehetner as Laura Naomi Harris as Paula
Matt OLeary as The Brain Alex Hibbet as Little
Janelle Monae as Teresa
Trevante Rhodes as Black
For the past week we have been talking about cinematography. The way that the frame is presented and the elements of using the camera for perspective affect how a story is told as well as the viewers experience of a film.
In this full three-to-four-page assignment, please make note on how certain aspects of cinematography (the way things are shot) can contribute to supporting a larger theme (or themes) within the film.
Remember to always italicize movie titles and to only write in the third person. (Avoid the use of I, me or my, which is considered first person). Also be sure to avoid summarizing the film.
Again, an emailed word .docx or .pdf is due to the professor typed and double spaced. Use Times New Roman or Arial font in size 12.
Failure to turn in the paper on time results in a half a letter grade deduction each day it is late.
