answered: Write on 2 of the following movies: Griffith’s Broken Blosso

  

Write on 2 of the following movies: Griffith’s Broken Blossoms, Welles’s Citizen Kane, Hitchcock’s Vertigo.
Avoid the pitfall of denigrating an older film in comparison to a more recent one, but do take into account changes in style and technology in the medium over the relevant period of time.
Analyze 1 film element—choose from lighting (this includes color), camera (placement, angle), mise en scène (arrangement of what is seen in the frame), sound (music, sound effects, dialogue), and editing—AND
Analyze 2 narrative elements—choose from character, theme, setting, point of view, and style or tone.
Approach
Set up a clear compare-and-contrast structure in which you describe and explain similarities and differences between the two chosen films in terms of your selected film and narrative elements. The similarities and differences need to go beyond the most obvious. Poor example: “In Citizen Kane sound enhances characterization better than in Broken Blossoms because Broken Blossoms is a silent film”—avoid such a waste of time and energy! A far better option would be to compare and contrast camera positioning in both films and the ways that such shots contribute to character and theme.
Other Specifications
Structure your task as a short essay with an introduction that includes a thesis, multiple paragraphs in the middle, and a conclusion.
Your JE should be between 700 and 800 original words long. On top of those, help to support your points with brief quotations from Nichols’s book and SVB’s lectures or posts, and cite them within the paragraphs and list them in a Works Cited page that is the last page of the document. How do you do this? Follow the Written Assignment Template document in this folder to reduce loss of points for lack of basic MLA format.
Proofread your submission to eliminate errors and to clarify language and logic.
Set up your document with basic MLA-style document design; again, see the template document in this folder.
Attach your document as a .docx file (.pdf is allowable but not preferable). The comments box is only for a note, if needed; do not paste your content there.