Race and Ethnicity Paper about movie

 -6 - 8 pages minimum consisting of 3 sections

Section 1 Perform a close analysis of a scene from your chosen film. Discuss the ways in which it uses the following aspects and how these aspects represent and thus influence audience perceptions of race and/or ethnicity:

• Mise-en-scène (setting / surroundings) - may include props, set decoration, etc.

• Camera angles • Camera movement Sounds (ambient, music)

• Other pertinent information such as narrative schema (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z219_VAaAMI)

Section 2 Discuss film in terms of the time it was made via specific historical references. How might the film reflect its time?

Section 3 The maker(s) of the film and how this may either hinder or encourage accurate racial / ethnic representation.

• Writer

• Director

• Producer

• Studio versus Independent

Works Cited For any outside works referenced, create one Works Cited page along with in-text citations using MLA format. 

Deadline to submit: Sunday, April 30, 2017