Female

Did you like this film? What did you like about it? Discuss and describe your favorite five-minute scene.

[This is one of the only times I will ask your opinion about a film.]

Baby Face

Baby Face is often considered the most "pre code" of the pre code films. Discuss what this means in one paragraph and in your second paragraph discuss how the film's themes are presented cinematically through one cinematic element (choose one). Here is a link to the film: https://vimeo.com/channels/642746/131683919.

Chungking Express

Choose a five-minute scene in Chungking Express and think about the themes that Wong Kar Wai embodies in this work (such as isolation) and analyze the scene through this theme and using 1-2 cinematic elements. Minimum 2 paragraphs.

Cave of the Yellow Dog

In Cave of the Yellow Dog, Byambasuren Davaa uses a very specific type of filmmaking to convey her message. Do you feel the documentary style of the film is useful in conveying the message and the plot? Choose a five-minute scene and analyze through one cinematic element (e.g. editing, cinematography, sound, etc.) to support your choice of whether it is effective or not.

Eat Drink Man Woman

Choose your favorite 5 minute scene and analyze it in 2 paragraphs through 2 elements (such as lighting, composition, editing, sound, etc.).

Cat People

It is my understanding many of you did not like this film. Of course, that does not matter. It is a classic and a film that has been copied (and literally remade) over and over in the past six decades. Take a look at this Ebert essay and choose a scene in the film to analyze through 2 cinematic elements. Be sure to quote from the essay and analyze with implied meaning.

Bride of Frankenstein

Think about the films we have watched over the past two years that come from the horror genre (or its predecessor, German Expressionism) and choose one film to discuss with Bride of Frankenstein. Think about the films' geographical region, time period, unique approach to film style and genre. Discuss how each film was affected by political, economic, social, and cultural conditions at the time. How did these things affect the narrative as well as the cinematic elements?