8+MORE+Choices


 * Choose ONE scene ** from a film from a country whose language you do not speak.

List 10 (**I KNOW IT SAYS 8 ABOVE HERE. JUST FOLLOW DIRECTIONS)** ** choices that the director made ** and why you think she/he made those choices.

You ** Must ** include choices about: camera placement, including distance & angle. You ** MUST ** include choices about: lighting and editing. You **MAY** include choices about: color, directing actors, props/costume/makeup/setting.

You **MUST** include screenshots to demonstrate your argument.


 * IMPORTANT ** : ** These choices should be about how THEME* or TONE* is created. **

The **PLOT** is what the main character wants. The **Theme** is what the main character needs. //Example//: In //Back to the Future//, Marty McFly //wants// to do his own thing and get 'back to the future' to do it (plot). What he //needs// is to connect with his family(theme). Obviously by figuring out what he needs, he gets what he wants. This is an archetypical structure.
 * *THEME: **Remember our easy way to figure out a major theme in a film?

This is not to say that this is the ONLY theme in the film. Another theme (that is resolved only after the third film) is his need to overcome his aggression when he is challenged.

//Example//: In //The Lion King,// the death of Mufasa is accompanied by rapid editing, a reaction shot of Simba's expression, and swelling tragic music. However, it is also accompanied by choices about color, 'camera' placement, and even diegetic elements ('diegetic' means things that occur within the world of the film) that add to the tone - the dust from the antelope stampede, for instance.
 * TONE:** The tone of the film has to do with the emotional and/or psychological effect of watching the film.

__ **Helen Wong - @A Separation** __ __ **Steven George - The Hunt** __ __ **Sherman Lo - @The Intouchables (2011)** __ __ **Celine Renaud-Brice The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo** __ __ **Andy Lu - Amour** __ __**Todd Hansen - Festen**__ __**Diego Glascock - The Rules of the Game**__ __**Spencer Browne- Tsotsi**__ __**Mickey Blatt - @Cronos**__ __**Marcello Sochacki - Life Is Beautiful**__ __**Titus Hartmann - @Los Cronocrimenes**__ __**Sophie Chen- Les Choristes**__ __**Noah Browne - La Vita é Bella**__ __**Alain Hwang - Playtime**__