Film Analysis

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 9/15/05 at 12:50am

any of the college folk here take a film class? i have to write a short paper (just a shot by shot analysis of a partial scene) due in a week. we have to pick the movie ourselves...and since this is the first time i've taken a film class, i have no idea what's a good movie to pick! (ie, which movies actually use symbolism, obstruction shots, mirror shots, etc, to actually mean something, not just an empty film!) i was thinking of luhrmann's (sp??) r + j...any help? thanks!

[jezzebelle]

Posted: 9/15/05 at 9:52pm

For a classic (if not overdone) movie, Citizen Kane is chock full of really rich symbols. A lot of the older films, Hitchcok, especially are good for different types of shots.

Examples of Hitchcok films: North By Northwest, Psycho, Notorious, Rear Window...the list goes on and on.

Good luck ! Feel free to PM me if you need any more movie suggestions. I've taken a couple of film classes. :)

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 2:00am

And if Citizen Kane and Hitchcock don't interest you, then you should also consider Imitation of Life and Far From Heaven.

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 9/17/05 at 9:12am

thank you both for the suggestions! and evelyn - it's funny you mention those films because this class is actually studying Sirk throughout the whole semester...so eventually we'll be looking at those! (well, Far from Heaven is a Sirk remake..but i'm actually in the All That Heaven Allows presentation group!)

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 9/18/05 at 12:23am

an AWESOME movie for this paper would be "in the mood for love". it's in chinese and has subtitles, but the obstructed views/mirrors are a HUGE part of the movie :)

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 9/18/05 at 2:06pm

American Beauty
Charade
Enchanted April
Frankie and Johnnie
Momento
Moulin Rouge
The Women

[Sarah2]

Posted: 9/19/05 at 3:24pm

Pyscho! And if you needed any help I could help you. I haven't taken a college film class but I took a very good one in high school and we watched Pyscho, analyzed it, and had an essay test on it.

[hannahshule]

Posted: 9/20/05 at 11:54pm

How Green Was My Valley
Citizen Kane

Hitchcock and John Ford