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==Assignment== | ==Assignment== | ||
− | #Choose | + | #Choose a single scene in a movie, but not one we've watched in class. |
− | # | + | #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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#Due Monday, February 5th, 11:59 p.m., via Blackboard/TurnItIn. Must be word-processed. | #Due Monday, February 5th, 11:59 p.m., via Blackboard/TurnItIn. Must be word-processed. | ||
− | #This is the | + | #This is the second of two critical analyses. Each is worth 7 points toward the 100 for the semester. |
− | ===Sample | + | ===Sample scene breakdown=== |
− | + | A template in a Word doc is [https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/JCM311/sampledecoupage/DecoupageTemplate.doc available online]. | |
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− | + | #LS exterior of Maggie's house, night. | |
− | # | + | #MS interior. Maggie makes dinner for Joel. |
− | # | + | #CU Maggie talks to Joel about the night before. "Last night you were so different..." |
− | # | + | #CU Joel responds. |
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Revision as of 20:08, 7 February 2018
Assignment
- Choose a single scene in a movie, but not one we've watched in class.
- 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.
- Due Monday, February 5th, 11:59 p.m., via Blackboard/TurnItIn. Must be word-processed.
- This is the second of two critical analyses. Each is worth 7 points toward the 100 for the semester.
Sample scene breakdown
A template in a Word doc is available online.
- LS exterior of Maggie's house, night.
- MS interior. Maggie makes dinner for Joel.
- CU Maggie talks to Joel about the night before. "Last night you were so different..."
- CU Joel responds.
- And so on . . .