Choose one of the following films and post your analysis by class next week. Remember to include a photo, the template and answered reaction questions.
Theme One – The Unit
Paratroop Command – William Witney
Kanal – Andrzej
Wajda
The Big Red One – Samuel Fuller
The Thin Red Line – Terrence Malick
Theme Two – foreign experiences of WWII
Grave of Fireflies – Isao
Takahata
Rome Open City – Roberto Rossellini
Das Boot – Wolfgang Petersen
Come and See – Elem Klimov
Reaction Questions.
1. Are they any evident elements of an evolving group integration?
2. Are there any scenes where self-sacrifice is apparent?
3. Answer TWO of the following question on analyzing characterization:
*Identify the central (most important)
character or characters. Which characters are static and which ones are developing? Which characters are flat and which ones are round?
*What methods of characterization are
employed and how effective are they?
*Which of the characters are realistic and
which ones are exaggerated for effect?
*Is each character’s motivation sound?
Which actions grow naturally out of the characters themselves, and where does
the filmmaker seem to be manipulating them for his/her purpose?
*What facets of the central character’s
personality are revealed by what he chooses or rejects?
*Pick out bits of dialogue, visual images,
or scenes which you consider especially effective in revealing character and
tell why they are effective.
*Which characters function as stock
characters and stereotypes and how can the presence of each be justified in the
film?
*Which minor characters function to bring
out the personality traits of the major characters? What do they help reveal?
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