WRITE A SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF FOUR SCENES FROM FILMS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN CLASS. (TWO SCENES FROM TWO FILMS FOR EXAMPLE, TWO SCENES FROM DRIVE AND TWO SCENES FROM THE SHINING)
YOUR SCENE DESCRIPTIONS SHOULD BE DETAILED AND TALK ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF BOTH THE MISE-EN-SCENE AND THE CINEMATOGRAPHY.
DISCUSS SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THE DIRECTOR MAY HAVE USEDPARTICULAR ELEMENTS OF THE MISE-EN-SCENE AND CINEMATOGRAPHY: FOR EXAMPLE, TO HELP ESTABLISH THE GENRE, TELL THE STORIES, SET A MOOD, OR REVEAL THE CHARACTERS.
YOUR SCENE DESCRIPTIONS SHOULD ALSO MENTION: ANY MOTIFS AND THEMES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE SCENES; THE USE OF SOUND IN THE SCENES.
YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO DISCUSS HOW THE TWO FILMS ARE SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT, IN TERMS OF THEMES, VISUAL STYLE, CHARACTERS, ETC
The films are
– Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)
– Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
– Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
– Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
– 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
– Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn, 2011)
– The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
– Bend it Like Beckham (Gurinder Chada, 2003)
– C.R.A.Z.Y. (Jean-Marc Valle 2005)
