Tying it all together...

Think about the three films we've watched so far in this unit--Let the Right One In, Ringu, and The Shining, and choose 2 to use in your essay. Choose one of these two prompts:

• Examine all aspects of mise-en-scene. Lighting, composition, set, properties, etc. This would include colors as well. Discuss the concept of "monster" through the mise-en-scene in each film. This exercise is going to help prepare you for your Independent Study and your Oral Presentation. Examine CLOSELY and offer me many details and examples. Think about what the director is trying to say IMPLICITLY. Tie both films in with each other. Discuss similarities and differences in the mise-en-scene in both films. Please do this in 4 well-developed paragraphs.

OR

• Choose a five-minute scene in both films and examine the role of women and how they are portrayed in your selected scenes and in the films as a whole. Be sure to discuss this topic CINEMATICALLY. How does the director show us? Do this in 4 well-developed paragraphs.

Have fun with this one. Be prepared for Alien next week!

Ringu

Remember how to look at a film through a feminist lens? Choose a five-minute scene in Ringu and examine the role of women and how they are portrayed in your selected scene and the film as a whole. Be sure to discuss this topic CINEMATICALLY. How does the director show us? Do this in 3 well-developed paragraphs.

Horror Mise-en-scene

I want you to think about the mise-en-scene in Let the Right One In. Examine all aspects of mise-en-scene. Lighting, composition, set, properties, etc. This would include colors as well. Discuss the concept of "monster" through the mise-en-scene in the film. This exercise is going to help prepare you for your Independent Study. Examine CLOSELY and offer me many details and examples. Think about what the director is trying to say IMPLICITLY. Please do this in 2 well-developed paragraphs.