Film Festival Paper

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Film Festival Themed Name (Introduction)

I will discuss the Film Festival of choice and why it is important to me (or society). Next, I will identify and analyze three different movies for the festival. In each film I will cover the movie’s narrative, genre or mix of genres with associated conventions, apply film theory, cinematography, editing, and sound with music. I will discuss what film viewers will learn about film and the content of the film as it pertains to humanity or society today in America by attending this film festival. The Introductory Paragraph will include what you will cover in the paper; there is no maximum word count for this paper. Happy writing!

Identify and explain why this festival theme is important to me (or society)

I chose the…This is a writing example with suggestions to help you organize your paper, use the key words of the bulleted syllabus requirements as shown. This will help you organize and focus on the key elements of the syllabus requirements. See the following example for possible headings for this assignment. Running heads are not necessary. Don't forget to support information you provide with textbook or research support. You can use this template by changing out the information over in other courses, just change out the headings aligned to the assignment requirements and organize, as you like.

Identify three films that will serve as the main event as they relate to the theme

The following three films will serve as the main event and I explain how each film relates to the theme. I chose Movie title 1 (director, year), Movie title 2 (director, year), and Movie title 3 (director, year). All three films serve this purpose in connection to the theme…

In my justification below, I use specific scenes that relate to the theme instead of a general overview of the plot or recap of the storyline for each of the three (3) movies. In addition, I will consider the following elements in each of the films I selected for the theme: narrative, genres, film theory, cinematography, editing, and sound with music.

*After the first initial movie title with director last name and year of release (Movie title (Director’s last name, 2018), just use the film title (Movie title) in Italics afterwards in the body of the paper, no other information is necessary until you reference on the reference page, *delete this note. Always remove my information provided.

Film 1 Movie Title

Justification using specific scenes from the movie include this scene, which (at least 2 scenes)… This following scene is important to show a connection to the theme because …

Narrative

The narrative for this film is…

Genre

The genre is…

Film theory

The film theory that matches this film’s style is

Cinematography

The cinematography in this film…

Editing

The editing includes…

Sound and music

The diegetic sound…and the non-diegetic sound… The music is used mostly as…

Film 2 Movie Title

Justification using specific scenes from the movie include this scene (and that scene) in which…

Narrative

The narrative for this film is…

Genre

The genre is…

Film theory

The film theory that matches this film’s style is

Cinematography

The cinematography in this film…

Editing

The editing includes…

Sound and music

The diegetic sound…and the non-diegetic sound… The music is used mostly as…

Film 3 Movie Title

Justification using specific scenes from the movie include this scene… That scene in which…

Narrative

The narrative for this film is…

Genre

The genre is…

Film theory

The film theory that matches this film’s style is

Cinematography

The cinematography in this film…

Editing

The editing includes…

Sound and music

The diegetic sound…and the non-diegetic sound… The music is used mostly as…

What the Film Festival viewers will learn about film by attending this festival

The film festival viewers will learn about and be exposed to… this theme is important to me because…and in society…

Conclusion

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References

Bordwell, D., Smith, J., Thompson, K. (2017). Film art: An introduction (11th Ed). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill: Education.

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Film References

Producer Surname, First Initial. (Producer), & Director Surname, First Initial. (Director). (Year). Title of movie. Country where movie was produced: Name of Studio

Producer Surname, First Initial. (Producer), & Director Surname, First Initial. (Director). (Year). Title of movie. Country where movie was produced: Name of Studio

Producer Surname, First Initial. (Producer), & Director Surname, First Initial. (Director). (Year). Title of movie. Country where movie was produced: Name of Studio