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Viewing Films Actively
Thinking is skilled work. It is not true that we
are naturally endowed with the ability to think
clearly and logically - without learning how, or
without practicing. -Alfred Mander
Paige Mayhew Oklahoma Writing Project
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As students view a film, we want them to pay
special attention to those areas of the film we
consider important and to draw conclusions from
their experience with the film. Only then does a
passive viewer become active for by thinking
about the films content, the student is
interacting with the film. -Resch and
Schnicker
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According to Corrigan Writing about films can
serve one or several functions. It can help
you
  • Understand your own response to a movie better
  • Convince others why you like or dislike a film
  • Explain or introduce something about a movie,
    filmmaker, or a group of movies that your
    readers may not know
  • Make comparisons and contrasts between one movie
    and others, as a way of understanding them better
  • Make connections between a movie and other areas
    of culture in order to illuminate both the
    culture and the movies it produces.

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Analyzing Films
  • Three ways of looking at a movie

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Literary Aspects of Film
  • Those aspects that films share with literature
  • plot
  • characters
  • setting
  • themes
  • point of view
  • recurring images
  • symbols

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Questions to ask when viewing on a Literary Level
  • Who are the characters?
  • What is the setting?
  • What is the plot?
  • From whose point of view is the story told?
  • What is the films theme?
  • Are there any symbols or recurring images?

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The Director
  • The director is the main artistic force behind a
    film, television show, or play. S/he has the main
    responsibility for choosing locations, setting
    the scene, directing camera angles.
  • The thing to remember while watching a film is
    that everything could have been presented
    differently, it is the director who decides how
    you see each
  • Scene
  • Character
  • Item
  • Shot

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Dramatic Aspects of Film
  • Those elements film shares with live drama
  • actors portraying characters through dialogue,
    costumes, and makeup
  • sets and/or locations
  • directors who leave personal stamp on final
    product

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Questions to ask when viewing on a dramatic level
  • How effective is the acting? Why?
  • How does the set affect understanding and
    enjoyment of the story?
  • How are the costumes and makeup effective in
    establishing a character?

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Cinematic Aspects of Film
  • Elements unique to film
  • Requires some knowledge of technical terms

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Close Up (CU)
  • A shot of one face or object that fills the
    screen completely.
  • Gives importance to object
  • Allows us to see the emotion of a particular
    character

USUAL SUSPECTS
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High Angle (h/a)
  • Angles are defined by where the camera is placed
  • Camera looks down on what is being photographed
  • Takes away power of the subject of shot

HIGH NOON
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Long Shot (LS)
  • A relative term
  • A shot taken from a sufficient distance to show a
    landscape, a building, or a large crowd

BULLIT
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Questions to Ask
  • Why was this character shot from this angle?
  • What feeling is imposed by the movement of the
    camera in this shot?
  • What other camera angles could have been used to
    shoot this shot, why was this the best one to
    use?
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