Movement and Editing

Overview

This module will cover material on

• Movement

• Editing

You should read the material I have prepared on these topics.

Reading Assignment

For this module, you will read Chapters 3 and 4 in Louis Giannetti's Understanding Movies.

Assessment

You will need to select a short film published at You Tube and write a film analysis of it focusing on movement or editing. Then, you will need to respond to a film analyzed by another student from the point-of-view of the criteria you did not use in your film analysis.

The range of Steven Speilberg's films is dramatic.

• Munich (2005)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• The Color Purple (1985)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• Jaws (1975)

A complete filmography is available from the Internet Movie Database.