The Paper

(1) Find a scene or sequence in a film in which information is being given to the audience through some means other than the words. (example: we know there is a doctor on the boat at the beginning of And Then There Were None by the presence of the medical; bag. Of course a single element like that is not sufficient for the paper, but iot would be one thing to include in an analysis of the first 5 minutes of the film.

(2) You should not use any film that we have shown in class

(3) You should not use a film which is in a language and/or culture you don't understand or have fluency in.

(4) You should use a sequence which is long enough to write a discussion about for 3-5 pages or longer. Do NOT exceed 100 pages.

(5) The paper is NOT to be descriptive but should be analytical and DISCUSS how the images relate to the fim in general. For example, if you were to use the opening shot of Leopard Man, you would need to discuss the idea that the fim has as a subtext the idea that there are forces at work that impact people's lives that they have no knowledge of and how such an idea relates to the peculiar camera movement that occurs in that sequence.