Film Analysis

Requirements:
Choose one of the following to write a film analysis:
Mainland:
Chen, Kaige 陳凱歌. King of the Children 孩子王, 1987. [In Library]
Jia Zhangke 賈樟柯. Still Life 三峽好人, 2006. [In Library]
Jiang Wen 姜文. In the Heat of the Sun 陽光燦爛的日子, 1994.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsY7NmNeECo&list=PLVASq-H1JTWtzDc-T7MKZQ0JsuaYqA_pN&index=1]
Zhang Meng 張猛, The Piano in a Factory 鋼的琴, 2010. [In Library]
Zhang Yimo 張藝謀. Red Sorghum紅高粱, 1987.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDMO7Rs6NMg]
Taiwan:
Hou Hsiao-hsien 侯孝賢, Three Times最好的時光, 2006. [In Library]
Hu, Jinquan 胡金銓. A Touch of Zen俠女, 1971. [In Library]
Yang, Edward 楊德昌. Yi Yi: A One and a Two 一一, 2001. [In Library]
Hong Kong:
Wong Kar-wai 王家衛. In the Mood for Love花樣年華, 2000. [In Library]
You should watch the film carefully and make notes on features that intrigue you. They can be the plot, structure, character, or film techniques. In order to organize your ideas and supporting evidence, you might need to watch the film more than once. Then write your analysis in a coherent and systematic manner.
Note that a film analysis is different from a review, which usually provides a brief synopsis and evaluation for potential viewers. You should assume that your reader has also watched the film, so the purpose of your essay is to help him/her understand the film better.
Your film analysis should include an introduction of your thesis statement, detailed analysis (points, evidence and examples) to support your ideas, and conclusion. You should avoid being overly descriptive about the details or plots of the film; instead, your quoting of a shot or an episode should serve an argument in your essay.
You can refer to “Writing a Critical Analysis of a Film” and sample analyses of Tokyo Story and Chungking Express (David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2008, 8th or later editions, pp. 401-410, 431-434). Both files are available on Blackboard.
You are not required to cite other works, but if you do, Consult the Chicago Manual of Style (https://sass.uottawa.ca/sites/sass.uottawa.ca/files/referencing-styles-chicago-manual.pdf) or MLA style guide (https://sass.uottawa.ca/sites/sass.uottawa.ca/files/referencing-styles-mla.pdf) for citation formats.
Websites, Wikipedia for example, are only good to provide general knowledge, but are not reliable sources for an academic paper.
Also note that quoting another person’s words and ideas from the Internet or paper-based sources without acknowledgement constitutes plagiarism, which is ground for failure and possible suspension.

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