The midterm paper is to be an analytical essay between three and five
Michael Smith
Intro to Film – Harper
Midterm Paper
The midterm paper is to be an analytical essay between three and five pages in
length. You must provide a separate cover sheet (that I will not be counting as part of the
length of the paper) featuring your name, the name of this class and the title of your
paper. The paper should be double-spaced and written in 12-point font. You must use and
cite TWO sources (one of which must be a print source) using the MLA format. A print
source is a source that originated in print (e.g., a book, newspaper article, magazine
article, etc.).
In the first half of this class we have studied the history of world cinema from an
international perspective – beginning with narrative continuity in the silent era (Our
Hospitality) and concluding with the Screwball Comedy (The Awful Truth). In your
midterm essay, you will compare and contrast one film you have chosen to view outside
of class with one of the films that we have seen inside class. Both films should belong to
the same historical movement (i.e., the same country and era). I would like for you to pay
particularly close attention to film style. Please note several characteristics of the style of
the films you are analyzing (i.e. mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, lighting, sound
design, set design, acting styles, etc.) and draw meaningful points of comparison and
contrast between these aspects of film style in terms of how they are utilized in each film.
Remember in your analysis to always cite specific evidence from the films.
this my rubric
The midterm paper is to be an analytical essay between three and five pages in
length. You must provide a separate cover sheet (that I will not be counting as part of the
length of the paper) featuring your name, the name of this class and the title of your
paper. The paper should be double-spaced and written in 12-point font. You must use and
cite TWO sources (one of which must be a print source) using the MLA format. A print
source is a source that originated in print (e.g., a book, newspaper article, magazine
article, etc.).
In the first half of this class we have studied the history of world cinema from an
international perspective – beginning with narrative continuity in the silent era (Our
Hospitality) and concluding with the Screwball Comedy (The Awful Truth). In your
midterm essay, you will compare and contrast one film you have chosen to view outside
of class with one of the films that we have seen inside class. Both films should belong to
the same historical movement (i.e., the same country and era). I would like for you to pay
particularly close attention to film style. Please note several characteristics of the style of
the films you are analyzing (i.e. mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, lighting, sound
design, set design, acting styles, etc.) and draw meaningful points of comparison and
contrast between these aspects of film style in terms of how they are utilized in each film.
Remember in your analysis to always cite specific evidence from the films
