Film ESSAY

(750 words)

Choose ONE of the following topics. Use the course textbook as a source to define terms. cite it according to the rules for formatting academic essays and include it bibliography, in a do not know the rules for formatting academic essays, visit the Writing Tutorial services listed above Academic However, this is not a research essay and you are not required additional sources the book. The essay is intended to enable you to develop and apply your that you are learning from the textbook by demonstrating how meaning is constructed in films through the aesthetic language of cinema.

1. Compare and contrast mise-en-scene through the element of framing the shot in one scene from Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) and one scene from The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)

2. Define the genre of film noir and its focus on the antihero by comparing use of camera distance in the final scene of Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) and the final scene of The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) August 1, 2017