Paper Guidelines:
1. Must have a THESIS paragraph in the introductory part of the essay which clearly states the main idea you are arguing.
2. The body roves the thesis in an organized manner and then a concluding paragraph which DOES MORE THAN just repeat. The body should follow the order in which you listed your ideas in the thesis paragraph and SHOULD NOT include any new ideas not mentioned in the thesis.
Paper Topic:
Take a Film and discuss how it is addressed to the spectator through using cinematic style to create a realistic effect and/or give the viewer an ideal view of the film narrative events or by relating to the viewer on the basis of their gender and/or sexual orientation.
This will involve DISCUSSING such devices as Classical Hollywood continuity editing and compositional techniques (such as Renaissance perspective), point-of-view editing, voyeurism, fetishism, and objectification of female characters (but dont try to discuss all in a short paper)
You might also consider whether these means of creating identification on the part of the viewer are consistent and stable throughout the film or if they shift and/or are incoherent, contradictory or fragmented in their use. It is CRUCIAL that you discuss the meaning of these techniques/devices rather than just listing them and GIVING EXAMPLES of their usage.
In other word, what is the film (or the films auteur) trying to say to us on a philosophical level or what world view or ideas or viewpoint is it expressing through these stylist devices?
Choose ONLY ONE Film from the Following:
Dressed to Kill or Body Double (Brian Depalma), Psycho or The Birds (Hitchcock)
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