Analysis
Model Film Analysis of Coraline
An image focused model film analysis for the b characters of Coraline
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How to Teach With Coraline the Movie
The first year I was tasked with teaching Film Studies as a general education English course (4 credits) with seniors, I was unsure where to begin. I had the guidance of a colleague, but our backgrounds and expertise with regards to film were so vastly different that I couldn'
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Basic Film Vocabulary: Distance, Angle, and Depth of Field
When I first started teaching Film Studies to high school seniors, I initially fretted over students taking the class because they didn't think it was "a real English class". (It was -- students received 4 credits, as they would any other gen-ed English class, and I
Analysis
A Deep Focus Shot Analysis Model
A deep focus shot has a long depth of field, which essentially means there is a long distance that is seen clearly, in focus. This shot from Citizen Kane is an example of a deep focus shot (although the entire film is pretty much famous for being shot in deep focus).
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Analyzing Characters and World in Act 1 of the Coraline Movie
What do the following shots tell you about the characters or the world of Coraline? Establishing Shots * What is your eye drawn towards? Why? * What is the mood or atmosphere of this shot? * What do you think is the most important thing in this shot? Why? * What is this shot