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Assignment 4 A Film That Exemplifies or Revises Genre

Assignment 4 A Film That Exemplifies or Revises Genre

Q Choose one of the films on the American Film Institute List of Top 100 Movies that was made between 1930 and 1950. Do not choose Citizen Kane, because we'll be discussing it in detail in the next lesson. In 400-700 words, analyze how the film exemplifies or revises or rejects genre. Choose one signficant shot on which to focus your assignment. Consider Mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, sound, and narrative elements. You can use the attached Shot Analysis Table Worksheet to record and organize your ideas.

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The sheer length of the movie ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ is an example of many things. It is a ground breaking movie which broke all the things that was considered ‘usual’. The film was released in the year 1962 and it was made by David Lean and while discussing about the magnificent scenes of the movie it is very difficult to not talk about the entrance scene which is utterly full od suspense. This was the way the new cinema was created. Not much was happening but the scene remains one of the best scenes in the history of filmmaking. The suspense if actually unbearable after a certain point of time. The character of Ali, played by Omar Sharif appears from a desert mirage. The intensity of the scene is such that the audience almost is on the verge of biting their nails off. This entry is an important part of the film from which new action is about to start. The scene is shot by F.A Young in such a