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1he 8aslcs

1. WhaL ls Lhe LlLle of Lhe fllm?
2. Who are Lhe acLors ln Lhe fllm?
3. Who dlrecLed Lhe fllm?
4. Who wroLe Lhe screenplay?
3. Who produced Lhe fllm?
6. Who wroLe/played/sang Lhe muslc?

uescrlpLlon / Summary of Lhe lllm

1. WhaL oLher movles ls Lhls movle llke?
2. Who are Lhe maln characLers?
3. WhaL ls Lhe seLLlng of Lhe fllm?
4. WhaL ls Lhe maln slLuaLlon or source of confllcL?
3. Summarlze Lhe ploL (wlLhouL Lhe endlng!) ln no more Lhan flve senLences.
8LMLM8L8: ?our reader wanLs Lo know enough abouL Lhe movle Lo make a
declslon abouL golng Lo Lhe movle, buL noL so much LhaL Lhere's no need Lo go!

?our Analysls of Lhe lllm

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1. CharacLerlze Lhe ploL/sLory of Lhe movle. ls lL lnvolvlng, convoluLed,
slmpllsLlc, reallsLlc, unbellevable, hlghly unllkely, well sLrucLured,
unresolved, eLc.? (Add Lo Lhls llsL lf you need Lo)
2. Pow would you characLerlze Lhe dlalogue? uo people Lalk Lhls way ln real
llfe? (Cr lf reallsm was noL a goal of Lhe movle, was Lhe dlalogue
amuslng, poeLlc, or movlng?)
3. WhaL Lhemes do you see ln Lhe movle?
4. uo you noLlce any symbols LhaL recur ln Lhe movle?



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1. uescrlbe Lhe acLlng. uld you belleve LhaL Lhe acLors were Lhe characLers?
2. uescrlbe Lhe seLs, cosLumes, and make-up lf Lhese elemenLs of Lhe fllm's
deslgn were lmporLanL.
3. WhaL dld you noLlce abouL Lhe fllm's clnemaLography? uld Lhe dlrecLor
use a loL of camera movemenLs? Close-up? Plgh or low angles?
ulsLorLed lenses? Speclal effecLs?
4. WhaL dld you noLlce abouL Lhe fllm's sound effecLs and muslc? WhaL dld
Lhey add Lo Lhe overall effecL of Lhe fllm?


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Look over Lhe noLes you made for Lhe above quesLlons, Lhen:

1. lan your lnLroducLlon. use a "hook" (an openlng paragraph LhaL caLches your
reader's aLLenLlon). lor example:

a) uescrlbes a scene, lncldenL, or blL of dlalogue from Lhe fllm.
b) 8emlnd your reader of Lhls dlrecLor's oLher movles, or Lhe lead acLress's
oLher movles.
c) ConnecL Lhe movle Lo someLhlng happenlng ln socleLy Loday.

2. AfLer Lhe lnLroducLlon, follow one of Lhese Lwo organlzaLlonal plans:

lan A
1. uescrlpLlon / summary
2. Analysls *
3. LvaluaLlon
4. Concluslon

lan 8
1. Cverall oplnlon (evaluaLlon)
2. uescrlpLlon / summary
3. Analysls *
4. Concluslon

*WlLh elLher plan, be sure Lo menLlon clnemaLlc aspecLs of Lhe fllm ln your analysls.









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2. uescrlpLlon / summary of Lhe fllm /3

3. Analysls of fllm /3

4. LvaluaLlon of fllm (oplnlon) /3



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