This assignment is 7-10 pages in length, double-spaced, typed, 12 point font, no
This assignment is 7-10 pages in length, double-spaced, typed, 12 point font, normal margins.
Paper requires a title page ; the title page is not part of the page count. The title page will include your name, the date, course number, and a title for your paper.
Movie titles always go in italics; never in quotes.
Topic Selection:
You will be able to choose any two feature films you want for this paper. The only parameters are:
Choose two films to watch that are either:
By the same Director: I am choosing Baz Lerman’s Great Gabsy compared with his newest film Elvis. You may choose from any of the following: western, gangster, musical, horror, sci-fi, film noir, adventure, comedy, action, romantic comedy, crime, fantasy, etc.
Compare and contrast how the two films used only one of the following stylistic elements in their narrative. You can only choose one of the following elements.
Mise-en-scene; must discuss setting, props, costume, makeup, lighting and performance.
Cinematography; must discuss camera, framing and mobile framing.
Editing; must discuss the 4 relationships between shots (graphic, rhythmic, spatial and temporal)
Sound; music discuss music, sound effects, and properties of sound (loudness, pitch and timbre)
This is what I have decided to choose:
I have decided to explore Baz Luhrmann’s use of mise-en-scene in The Great Gatsby as well as one of his newer films Elvis.