Requirement:
You are expected to make a point (or an argument) and demonstrate it through careful discussions of examples. You are also expected to show efforts of recognizing the camera work and engaging with related scholarship. 450 words minimum, can be longer at your wish.
Topic:
“Close read” the following episodes from West of the Tracks: Rust 18:45-25:59, 54:20-1:01:15) with a focus on the relationship between the director and the subjects (workers). How does this relationship reflect in the film through the camera work (the location of the camera, the use of sound and long take, and whatever you can notice)? In what way the characteristics of this relationship make the film different? Please engage with Lu XInyus chapter on this film in New Chinese Documentary Film Movement.
West of tracks: Rust (MOVIE)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzM3NTUxMTg4.html
New Chinese Documentary Film Movemen(BOOK)t:
https://books.google.ca/books?id=abOavt_J3hgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=New+Chinese+Documentary+Film+Movement+book&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb37SRtcPLAhULtYMKHRR7DbAQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=New%20Chinese%20Documentary%20Film%20Movement%20book&f=false
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