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#Choose a single scene in a movie, but not one we've watched in class.
 
#Choose a single scene in a movie, but not one we've watched in class.
 
#Scene analysis: break it down shot-by-shot.
 
#Scene analysis: break it down shot-by-shot.
#*List and number every shot in your scene and identify what type of framing was used (long shot, medium shot, etc.; you may use abbreviations: LS, MS, CU). Describe any significant action in the shot, using the characters' (not the actors') names. Include only the most significant dialogue; do not include every line. Include a screenshot taken from ''each'' shot. In effect, you are creating a storyboard of your scene.
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#*List '''and number''' every shot in your scene and identify what type of framing was used (long shot, medium shot, etc.; you may use abbreviations: LS, MS, CU). Describe any significant action in the shot, using the characters' (not the actors') names. Include only the most significant dialogue; do not include every line. Include a screenshot taken from ''each'' shot. In effect, you are creating a storyboard of your scene.
  
 
====Sample scene breakdown====
 
====Sample scene breakdown====
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===Preparation Part 2===
 
===Preparation Part 2===
#Draw a diagram of your scene's camera positions and blocking--as in the diagram for ''Grey's Anatomy'' (below), but without the drawings of frames. ''Be sure to indicate which shots are done from which camera positions--using the numbers of the shots from your list above.'''
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#Draw a diagram of your scene's camera positions and blocking--as in the diagram for ''Grey's Anatomy'' (below), but without the drawings of frames. '''Be sure to indicate which shots are done from which camera positions--using the numbers of the shots from your list above.'''
  
 
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Revision as of 16:46, 12 February 2018

Assignment

  1. Due Tuesday, February 20th, 11:59 p.m., via Blackboard/TurnItIn. Must be word-processed.
    • To be discussed in-class on Wednesday, February 21st.
  2. This is the second of two critical analyses. Each is worth 7 points toward the 100 for the semester.

Preparation Part 1

  1. Choose a single scene in a movie, but not one we've watched in class.
  2. Scene analysis: break it down shot-by-shot.
    • List and number every shot in your scene and identify what type of framing was used (long shot, medium shot, etc.; you may use abbreviations: LS, MS, CU). Describe any significant action in the shot, using the characters' (not the actors') names. Include only the most significant dialogue; do not include every line. Include a screenshot taken from each shot. In effect, you are creating a storyboard of your scene.

Sample scene breakdown

A template in a Word doc is available online. See also the Grey's Anatomy Découpage.

  1. LS exterior of Maggie's house, night.
  2. MS interior. Maggie makes dinner for Joel.
  3. CU Maggie talks to Joel about the night before. "Last night you were so different..."
  4. CU Joel responds.
  5. And so on . . .

Preparation Part 2

  1. Draw a diagram of your scene's camera positions and blocking--as in the diagram for Grey's Anatomy (below), but without the drawings of frames. Be sure to indicate which shots are done from which camera positions--using the numbers of the shots from your list above.

Template:Gallery