Pamela Krayenbuhl, University of Washington Tacoma The Screening Sheet is a tool I developed to help engage students in the very specific work of close, analytical moving image analysis. I…
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In this behind-the-scenes clip from 2018’s Academy Award winning film (Best Picture, Best Director), del Toro explains the techniques used to achieve the film’s underwater intro.
Professor Ruth Goldman, SUNY Buffalo State This in-class exercise is designed to encourage students to think about the political aesthetics embedded in film lighting choices especially in regard to skin…
Title cards efficiently communicate the film’s setting and main characters in this short, introductory scene. The classic use of freeze frames when introducing characters slows down the pacing of the…
“800 riyals. Too Expensive for you.” A rebellious Saudi girl (Waad Mohammed) enters a Koran recitation competition at her school and hopes to win enough money to buy her own…
“Kenya’s first science fiction film imagines a dystopian future 35 years after water wars have torn the world apart.”
“In this clip, Todd Haynes draws attention to several elements of the composition of his 2015 Oscar-nominated film Carol. Note the use of colors, decor and costuming and how Haynes…
The parents world vs. the boys’ world in mise-en-scene and framing. “Can the rebellious boys be reconciled to their parents’ trammeled way of life? How is this question expressed through the…
Cinematographer: Ernest Dickerson. Boycott Sal’s scene.
