• Define and use specific vocabulary relating to filmmaking and the motion picture industry.
• Analyze motion pictures using established criteria.
• Compare and contrast films according to their genres, styles, and narrative strategies.
• Write about specific films in depth using your knowledge of film terms.
• Compare and contrast films and their related themes and artistic devices through discussion and writing.

The Task:

In order to demonstrate your ability to do these things,write an essay comparing how a specific theme  discussed this quarter is treated or developed in three of the films that we have watched. Choose films that you think offer interesting contrasts and comparison in how the theme is treated. In your comparison discuss specific details about the portrayals of main characters, the plot / events or the film’s narrative structure, and the elements of film style and cinematic techniques. Discuss how these elements contribute to the films’ overall treatments or developments of the theme.