It must integrate some element of our cinematic study as well as outside-sources, including at least one film not watched in class. Below are some examples of approaches you could take when writing your essay. When writing a critical essay you presume the reader has seen/is familiar with the film(s) under discussion. The writer provides key details and themes but does not go into lengthy summary, keeping the focus of the analysis of choice. This analysis can focus on one or be a mix of the following:
1) Formalism
2) Historical
3) Auteur
4) Ideology
Compare and contrast two films by the same director
Or two films with the same subject
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