Film Analyses
In the class "Development Of Film Expression", students are required to analyze, shot by shot, a scene of their choosing. Additional help can be found in the following documents:
Directions for Capturing Still Frames from DVDs at CFS
Film_Analysis_Categories.pdf
Project Proposal
ANALYSIS EXAMPLES
The following PDF files are examples of good student analyses.
American Psycho
The Big Lebowsky
Blade Runner Director's Cut
Blade Runner Director's Cut
The Boondock Saints
Catch 22
The Cell
Cinema Paradiso
City of Angels
Close Encounters
Closer
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
The Count of Monte Cristo
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Dancer Upstairs
Eraserhead
Erin Brockovich
Far from Heaven
The Fast and the Furious
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Final Destination
The Fisher King
Gattaca
Good Will Hunting
Hook
The Hustler
In the Bedroom
Kill Bill Vol 2
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Point Break
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Secret of Roan Inish
The Terminal
FORBIDDEN ANALYSES
The following scenes and films may not be used for student analysis. If in doubt, ask, ask, ask!
8 1/2
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
A.I. (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
ALIENS
AMELIE (Fish out of Water)
AMELIE (Sweating In Bed)
AMERICAN BEAUTY
AMERICAN PSYCHO
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (Nothing On TV)
APOCALYPSE NOW (REDUX)
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (Look Into The Head/Hole)
BIG LEBOWSKI, THE (Enter Jesus)
BILLY ELLIOT (A Dance Of Defiance)
BLADERUNNER
BLUE VELVET (Ending Sequence)
BOOGIE NIGHTS
BOOKED
BOONDOCK SAINTS, THE (Don't Ever Stop)
BRAVEHEART
CATCH 22 (Plane)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
CELL, THE
CITIZEN KANE
CITY OF ANGELS
COLLECTING THE EVIDENCE
CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (The skier gets pulled into the car)
COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, THE
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DANCER UPSTAIRS, THE (Harsh Sentence)
DR. STRANGELOVE (War Room Scene)
DREAMS, AKIRA KUROSAWA'S
EVIL DEAD 2 (Laughing Stock)
EXORCIST, THE (Merrin Arrives)
EYES WIDE SHUT (Mask On The Bed)
FAR FROM HEAVEN
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (White Light, White Heat)
FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (The Check-In Line)
FEARLESS
FISHER KING, THE
GATTACA (Going Home)
GODFATHER, THE
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1997) (That First Kiss)
HOOK (Follow The Hook)
HOURS, THE (Wife's Clock Despair)
IN THE BEDROOM (Post Funeral)
INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
INSIDER, THE
JACOB'S LADDER (Back Problems)
JERRY MAGUIRE (Resigning Cush)
JUDITH OF BETHULIA
LAST EMPEROR, THE
LEGEND (Jack Meets The Unicorn)
LOLITA (1962) (Lolita Teases Humbert)
LOLITA (1962) (Lolita Wants Humbert)
LORD OF THE RING: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE
LOVE ACTUALLY
MAGGIE MOORE (Red Car Flash)
MANHATTAN (Isaac/Tracy Break-Up)
MINORITY REPORT
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
MODERN TIMES (Mass Of Bodies On Sidewalk)
ON THE WATERFRONT
ONE HOUR PHOTO
OPEN RANGE
PASSION OF JOAN OF ARK, THE
PIERROT LE FOU
PSYCHO (1960) (Arbogast Meets Mother)
PSYCHO (1960) (Arbogast Tracking Down Marion Crane.)
PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (That's That)
RADIOLAND MURDERS (Penny And Roger Fight)
RAN (A Failed Mind And Heart)
REAR WINDOW
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Dock B-Roll)
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Drug Shipment Discussion)
RESERVOIR DOGS
ROAD TO PERDITION (Jude Under The Bridge)
ROCKY (Morning Run)
ROYAL TENENBAUMS, THE
SCARFACE (1983) (Cops Interrogate Scarface)
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (Colonel Brandon Desperation)
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (Colonel Brandon Rescue)
SEVEN SAMARAI, THE (Fire, Fire Everywhere)
SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE
SHIPPING NEWS, THE (Quoyle Covers His First Car Wreck)
SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE
SIXTH SENSE, THE (Anniversary Dinner)
SLEEPY HOLLOW (Ichabod And Katrina Fall In Love)
SUNRISE
SUNSET BOULEVARD (The Dream Had Enfolded Her)
TAXI DRIVER (You Talkin' To Me?)
THIRD MAN, THE
THIRTEEN
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
TRAINSPOTTING (Heroin Withdrawl)
UNBREAKABLE
VELVET GOLDMINE (Story Of Jack Fairy)
VERTIGO (Green Curtains)
X-MEN (Magneto's Plan)
YOJIMBO (Mifune Is The Man)
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