Write a thesis-driven analysis of a single film, similar to what you did for the first longer paper.
This time, however, you should bring in a secondary source or two. Try to bring in a passage from one of our textbooks, and try to bring in a passage from another person’s review/analysis of the same film.
In secondary source use, you present another person’s idea, then react to the idea in a way that helps you shape and express your own thoughts about the film. You can do something like, ‘This film exemplifies Michael Wood’s idea that cinema tells stories in “the same way our brain does”. The selection of meaningful periods from Chiron’s life form a narrative out of 25 years of chaos.’ And you can do something like, “Sean Allan’s review of the film argues that the movie focuses on the happier experiences from the troupe’s time in the military. I disagree: the film is better understood as an expose of the horrors of the end of Mao-era China.”
Make sure that your secondary source use is purposeful, like in the examples above. Don’t do something like quote somebody else’s summary of the film’s plot; you can describe the plot in your own words.
The film is Dead End by William Wyler
Reference textbook: Wood, Michael.Film: A Very Short Introduction.
Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey.The History of Cinema: A Very Short Introduction.
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