Week 3 – Assignment

Establishing Theme

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Select a movie from AFI’s 10 Top 10 (http://www.afi.com/10top10/) 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. Review the Week Three sample paper, which

provides an example of a well-developed analysis as well as insight on composition.

The paper must be 800 to 1200 words in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford

Writing Center (http://writingcenter.ashford.edu) .

You must use at least two scholarly sources other than the textbook to support your claims. Refer to the ENG225

Research Guide in the Ashford University Library for guidance and to locate your sources. Cite your sources (including

the feature-length film) within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For information regarding APA,

including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center.

Please note that if you opt to write about the same film in your Final Film Critique, applicable pieces of this assignment

can be used to write that assignment. Please also note that you should reflect on and revise this assignment based on

the instructor’s feedback before you incorporate it into the Final Film Critique.

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