Taxi Driver (1976) Film analysis
The paper must be double-spaced pages, 12pt font, standard margins. Presentations will be based on this paper, which will consist of a close, in-depth analysis of Taxi Driver.
Film Analysis Paper Guidelines
The paper should analyze a film as a whole covering focusing on one of the discipline areas we have covered in class up until the point when the paper is due.
In the paper you will need to discuss the specifics of one film at length using examples from the film to illustrate your own analysis of the film in terms of the general scope of technique, intention and effectiveness. You should not use any resources aside from the film or the textbook to develop your paper. You will need to view your selected film more than once. The more times you have seen it, the easier it will be to access an analysis of the film.
All sources including the films and the textbook must be cited according to MLA guidelines and a Works Cited page must be included with your paper. However, you may not use any outside sources beyond the film and the textbook.
DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE PLOT IN ANY WAY, IN ANY PART OF THE PAPER. Assume that your reader has seen the film you are analyzing and already knows the details of the story. You may refer to the story from an analytical perspective, but do not recite, retell, or otherwise describe the details of the plot.
Use this textbook as resource in WORK CITED page:
The Art of Watching Films
9781260212822
Joe Boggs, Dennis W. Petrie
McGraw-Hill
9th
