Part I: Choose two of the following three clips and analyze them: how do they work? What to you notice about their technique? How do they fit in to the film from which they are taken?
1. North by Northwest: The Auction
This scene is right after Roger Thornhill figures out that Eve is not who she says she is. She is working for the bad men that are trying to catch him (as far as he knows). Roger tracks Eve down to an art auction where she is with her lover and accomplice. The music in the background becomes somewhat ominous, and it cuts out completely as Roger goes to confront Eve and the men. In a close shot, Mr. Vandamm is rubbing the back of Eve’s neck, but it almost looks as if he is choking herShe is also wearing a choker necklace. …show more content…
Use examples from the assigned films and/or your own film-going experience. You may write your answer in 3 parts, commenting on one quotation in each part (but show us how the parts fit together) or you may write a single statement that clearly uses three quotations.
The key to good movie viewing is being educated. It does not take skill to watch a movie, but most movies were not made just to be entertainment. Usually the director wants the audience to take some new knowledge away from the film. This skill does not come naturally; movie analysis takes time and practice. Overstreet compares movie-watching and critiquing like learning to how to eat. Start off with easy ones that are good for you, and then work your way towards different genres and types of movies until you can partake of all movies with a distinguished taste. As a Christian viewer, once “we can look at evidence of sin, consider its consequences and resist the temptation to imitate it, this can lead to wisdom” (Overstreet 62). Artists only show what they want you to see; they don’t tell what their art means or how to interpret it because they want you to figure it out for
1. North by Northwest: The Auction
This scene is right after Roger Thornhill figures out that Eve is not who she says she is. She is working for the bad men that are trying to catch him (as far as he knows). Roger tracks Eve down to an art auction where she is with her lover and accomplice. The music in the background becomes somewhat ominous, and it cuts out completely as Roger goes to confront Eve and the men. In a close shot, Mr. Vandamm is rubbing the back of Eve’s neck, but it almost looks as if he is choking herShe is also wearing a choker necklace. …show more content…
Use examples from the assigned films and/or your own film-going experience. You may write your answer in 3 parts, commenting on one quotation in each part (but show us how the parts fit together) or you may write a single statement that clearly uses three quotations.
The key to good movie viewing is being educated. It does not take skill to watch a movie, but most movies were not made just to be entertainment. Usually the director wants the audience to take some new knowledge away from the film. This skill does not come naturally; movie analysis takes time and practice. Overstreet compares movie-watching and critiquing like learning to how to eat. Start off with easy ones that are good for you, and then work your way towards different genres and types of movies until you can partake of all movies with a distinguished taste. As a Christian viewer, once “we can look at evidence of sin, consider its consequences and resist the temptation to imitate it, this can lead to wisdom” (Overstreet 62). Artists only show what they want you to see; they don’t tell what their art means or how to interpret it because they want you to figure it out for