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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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