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1. Before responding to the questions below, be sure to read the lecture PDF for this unit, which includes all the content for the unit as well as links to sites and film clips as examples. It’s available in the Modules in each unit under Unit : Lecture, Reading, Clips, Links.
2. What is your reaction to this film? How does it relate to the other films you’ve seen so far in this class?
3. Be alert to the overall design plan and mise-en-scène and to your emotional response to these elements of the film. Are you comforted or made anxious by them? Are your senses overwhelmed or calmed by what you see onscreen?
4. Identify the elements of the mise-en-scène that seem to be contributing the most to your emotional response.
5. Does the design create the correct times, spaces, and moods? Does it go beyond surfaces and relate to developing themes?
6. Is the framing in key shots open, or is it closed? How can you tell? What is the effect of this framing on your understanding of the narrative and characters?
7. Does the use of light in the film call attention to itself? If so, describe the effect that it has on the composition in any shot you analyze.
8. Does the film’s design have a unified feel? Do the various elements of the design (the sets, props, costumes, makeup, hairstyles, etc.) work together, or do some elements work against others? What is the effect either way?
9. Was achieving verisimilitude important to the design of this film? If so, have the filmmakers succeeded in making the overall mise-en-scène feel real, or verisimilar? If verisimilitude doesn’t seem to be important in this film, what do you suspect the filmmakers were attempting to accomplish with their design?
10. How does the design and mise-en-scène in this film relate to the narrative? Is it appropriate for the story being told? Does it render the narrative secondary or even overwhelm it?

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