ANSWER all 4 Journal questions. Write 300 words minimum for each please.
Assignment: Journal 1: Write about Casablanca. What do you think the film is trying to do and say? How do the filmmaker’s techniques illustrate that? Be sure to include examples of staging, framing, scriipt/story organization and how they connect to what the film is trying to do. How does it relate to its historical context?
Assignment: Journal 2 in response to Bicycle Thieves: pick two moments in the film and address the following questions: how does the acting style influence our reception of the scene? How are crowds portrayed in the scene, and what is their narrative role? Write about the techniques and modes of production of the film that still influence cinema today.
Assignment: Journal 3: Write in response to the movie Breathless by Jean-Luc Godart: choose two sequences in which the editing style is discontinuous, and describe how this affects also other aspects of cinematic language (cinematography, acting, mise-en-scène).
Hispanic/Latin American Cinema
Screening: Luis Buñuel, Simon del Desierto (1969) Assignment: Journal 4: Write in response to the film: what is your interpretation of the film? What is its political value?
