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Select a movie from AFI's 10 Top 10 lists and explain how three cinematic techniques and/or design elements have helped establish a major theme in that film.

Note: While you are allowed to choose a film that does not come from the AFI lists, you are strongly encouraged to email your professor to receive approval before doing so.

In 800 to 1200 words

Describe a major theme of the movie you have selected using evidence from the movie itself as well as course resources and other scholarly sources to support your position.

Identify at least three techniques (cinematography, lighting, acting style, or direction) and/or design elements (set design, costuming, or hair and makeup), and explain how these techniques and/or design elements contribute to the establishment of the theme. Reference particular scenes or sequences in your explanations.

State your opinion regarding the mise en scène, including

How the elements work together.

How congruent the design elements are with the theme of the movie.

Whether or not other techniques would be as effective (Explain your reasoning).

Note: Remember that a theme is an overarching idea that recurs throughout the plot of a film. It is the distilled essence of what the film is about, the main design which the specific scenes and actions lead a viewer to understand.

Your paper should be organized around a thesis statement that focuses on how the elements of your chosen feature-length film both establish and maintain one of its major themes.

AFI's 10 Top 10 lists

Animation : SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
AFI defines “animated” as a genre in which the film’s images are primarily created by computer or hand and the characters are voiced by actors. more
 
Romantic Comedy : CITY LIGHTS
AFI defines “romantic comedy” as a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations. more
 
Western  : THE SEARCHERS
AFI defines “western” as a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier. more
 
Sports : RAGING BULL
AFI defines “sports” as a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition. more
 
Mystry : VERTIGO
AFI defines “mystery” as a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime. more
 
Fantasy : THE WIZARD OF OZ
AFI defines “fantasy” as a genre where live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world. more
 
Sci-Fi : 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
AFI defines “science fiction” as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation. more

Gangster : THE GODFATHER
AFI defines the “gangster film” as a genre that centers on organized crime or maverick criminals in a twentieth century setting. more
 
Courtroom drama : TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
AFI defines “courtroom drama” as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film’s narrative. more
 
Epic : LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
AFI defines “epic” as a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past. more

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