Conduct a close reading of a film to identify elements

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Purpose

This assignment will enable you to extend your critical thinking and literary analysis skills to film. Because films move beyond the traditional definition of a text as "written content," they provide even richer opportunities for analysis. In your essay, you will conduct a "close reading" of a film, as a text, to identify and analyze elements such as lighting, setting, character(s), sound, and dialogue and how these elements function within the text to convey a theme or support a Critical Theory. To support your original argument, you will incorporate at least one appropriate scholarly source into your analysis. Although this assignment specifically requires a close reading for the ultimate goal of a written analysis, the skills of close reading and analysis of a text will be applicable to not only future academic pursuits but everyday life in general. The ability to think critically and analyze texts--from films to emails to conversations--strengthens one's ability to effectively discern the meaning and intent of the writer or speaker and to respond appropriately.

Skills

In this assignment, you will conduct a close reading of a film to identify elements of film and analyze their function within the text in terms of a theme and/or critical theory. You will practice:
Critical reading and thinking

Identification of devices specific to film

Analysis of devices in relation to theme
Application of a critical theory
Integration of secondary sources
Composition of an analysis with supporting source material
*Learning Objectives: LO4, LO5, LO6, LO8, LO9, LO10, LO11, LO14

Task
For the final written composition of the course, you will compose an essay that explores how and why elements and/or devices in the text contribute to a theme OR the application of a critical theory while supporting your original thesis with secondary source material. Using the pre-writing and outlining skills from Unit 2 in conjunction with a close reading and analysis, your final essay will demonstrate your understanding and application of the content of the course in a written product.

Part 1
Conduct a close reading of one of the texts/films assigned by your professor for this unit, being careful to take notes and record specific evidence with time stamps for easy reference.

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