Film Studies

Requirements and Specific Marking Criteria 1.Propose a persuasive thesis (main argument) and corroborate it with logical reasoning and textual evidence; ? 2.Present and explicate the key ideas in the reading(s) specified by the prompt; 3.Compose a critical prose with a coherent rhetorical structure; ? 4.In case you choose the option 2, offer an original film analysis that addresses not only its narrative elements (i.e. story and characters), but also its formal elements and mise en scène (i.e. the way the story is narrated through camerawork, lighting, staging, sound, and editing); ?   analysis-driven essay by applying one of the theoretical or philosophical strands on the aesthetic mode and/or sensibility, test its feasibility via an analysis of a particular film. If you wish to include in your discussion a film that has been shown and discussed in class, make sure that your choice of films includes at least one of the following that has not been discussed in depth during seminars. This is both to show your understanding of the theory in question, and to demonstrate your capability to employ it in a textual analysis of a film. Mode: the tragic (depth of feeling)? Film: Ashes of Time