Model Film Analysis of Coraline
An image focused model film analysis for the b characters of Coraline
I like teaching Coraline (2009, directed by Henry Selick) in a senior English Film Studies class because it's easy to differentiate with the film, and it works well for an introduction to film form and film analysis. I taught this film to both accelerated/advanced-college-prep and honors level seniors, and I think this would also work well for honors level juniors or media-familiar/focused classes. If you're watching the movie and want to use it as a text in place of a/the novel, it is pretty accessible with freshmen too!
Below you'll find a model film analysis that gathers evidence by focusing on the b characters in the film, and this film analysis assumes just a preliminary exposure to film form vocabulary, and a beginning understanding of how to analyze film. The focus here is on crafting thesis statements (an arguable thesis about theme) and supporting them with cinematic evidence (that which you can SEE versus plot points and dialogue that could be gathered from the screenplay alone).
From here, students could craft their own slide decks for their film analysis, or they could use a slide deck to brainstorm, outline, and gather evidence for a more formal, written film analysis essay.
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Possible Next Steps for Student Film Analysis Assessments
From here...
- A student that is still a developing analytical writer could use this slide deck as an outline and a resource to craft a film analysis essay.
- A student that is less concerned about working on their writing skills, and an emerging film analyzer could create a slide deck with...
- the same thesis, but new evidence (use a different character or motif)
- a new thesis, and new evidence
- A student that is a competent writer and a solid film analyzer (knows how to analyze what they see), could craft a film analysis essay (where their evidence is descriptions of shots/sequences and aspects of film form instead of the shots themselves).
