Analytic Film Essay: First Draft

Please don't forget your first drafts of essays are due the next Writers Workshop. It should be double-spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 4-5 pages in length.

Analytic Film Essay

As we’ve discussed in class you’ll be writing analytic film essays. There are quite a few options, although your essay must only focus on two films. In other words, this is similar to a comparative essay. The idea however is that you are focusing on one character, element, device, technique, etc.

These are some possible topics:

• compare the use of vertical angles in Orson Welle’s Macbeth with Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
• describe how the act of murder and blood depicted differ in Roman Polanksi’s Macbeth and Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
• explain the use of the color red in MacBeth (2006) and Macbeth (2010)
• contrast the horizontal angles in Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and Orson Welle's Macbeth
• choose any two versions of Macbeth and focus on the scenes or lines cut; explain how it is part of their overall interpretation of the play

Requirements (Just a Reminder)

PreAP ENGLISH & AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION &

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMPOSITION

To be admitted to the PreAP English and AP English courses students must have the following:

1. Grade average in English of 3.2 or higher.

2. Recommendation from an English teacher.

3. Demonstrate above grade level reading and language skills according to standardized tests:

4. MAP score for Reading 229 and Language Usage 227

PreAP 9 MAP Reading 229 (or higher), Language Usage 227 (or higher) in grade 8; Reading 232 (or higher), Language Usage 230 (or higher) at beginning of grade 9.

PreAP 10 MAP Reading 234 (or higher), Language Usage 232 (or higher)

AP Courses MAP Reading 236 (or higher), Language Usage 234 (or higher)

10^th grade PSAT Critical Reading 49 and Writing Skills 48 (or higher) entering 11th

11^th grade PSAT Critical Reading 50 and Writing Skills 49 (or higher) entering 12^th

NOTE: If student doesn’t meet all three requirements, but is highly motivated, an interview

with the PreAP English teacher and/or English coordinator will take place.

Iambic Pentameter Cento Poems

Don't forget to bring in cento poems written in iambic pentameter. Looking forward to seeing them then.

MacBeth Performance

It looks like we´ll be performing MacBeth in the ampitheater with a stage and tarp - in case of rain. We´re going to be up against other kinds of noise so we´ll practice vocalizing and projecting in class new week.

EXTRA CREDIT(S)

Check out the Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro.

Bring me the ticket stub of any of the following shows and I'll give you some extra credit via Standard Score. Be forewarned: I have not and could not have possibly previewed the shows for their content. That said, be ready to discuss the work when you hand in the stub.

Hamlet

MacBeth

Electra

El Rhionceronte

Esperando a Godot

1984

Peer Gynt

Julio Cesar

Odisea

La Tempestad

Casa de muñecas

Anne Hatheway was the Bard's Wife

Shout out to today's class that taught me a thing or two about the life of Shakespeare. Cool!