Order Description
After watching the film, City of God, choose four or five elements that contribute significantly to the film’s overall effect, and analyze in some detail the contributions of each. Use technical terms and concepts discussed in the text when they are pertinent to your analysis.
Elements to analyze include:
Narrative Structure
Mise-en-scene
Cinematography
Editing
Sound/Music
Social Context
Stars
Use your analyses of the individual film elements as the body of your paper; then add an introductory paragraph, transitions, and a conclusion to shape the paper into a complete essay.
Your essay should be typed, double-spaced and over 650 words and no longer than 1000 words.
Your analysis should demonstrate that you understand the key concepts and ideas that have been presented in the readings and lectures up to this point in the course.
Do not provide a plot summary of the film.
Do not provide definitions for the terms you use.
Do not include a personal opinion of the film.