Analysis Of A Selected Film Clip: Frozen-let It Go

Directions:



This end-of-term written assignment (600 - 800 words, typewritten) will be an examination and analysis of a selected film clip, and the role of music—and more broadly, the role of sound—within that clip, as it interacts with the film's visual track. Each student will select a clip between one and three minutes in length (with perhaps some flexibility in length, one way or the other, depending on the clip). A "first-come, first-claimed" set of sign-up boards is now available. Each student must select a film clip (by title and times) that has not already been claimed. An extensive list of films is provided (below) from which to select a clip.



PLEASE NOTE: You may select a film that someone else has already selected. Two or more of you can select the same film. But you must select a film clip that is uniquely your own. And you must make your selection from one of the films listed below.



Remember you have access to three of the five full-length films in this course. Any clips not included in the lessons, open forums, or discussion boards are fair game. Also, any film on the list is fair game--you simply need to own, rent, or borrow the film.



Your paper provides an opportunity to apply the O.A.R.S model of examination (Observation, Analysis, Reflection, Synthesis), which has been practiced in the discussion boards, and which has been repeatedly modeled in the lessons of this course. The key is to focus, and to examine in detail.



Here are some more tips about writing your paper: You can assume the reader has seen the film, but you still want to orient your reader with a brief introduction of your topic. Similarly, at the end of your paper, you want a conclusion that provides insight and synthesis--stating the sorts of things that come from reflecting on the observations and analysis that make up the "meat" of your paper.



Peruse the film list, and select a film from the list and identify a clip between 1 and 3 minutes in length that will be the subject of your paper. It's possible that the clip could be shorter or longer—but check with your instructor about any exceptions.



There are four Sign-up Boards, based on the first letter of the film titles. Be sure to select the correct sign-up board—as presented in the list here—based on the alphabetical category under which your selected film is listed.



When you are sure of your selection, go to the corresponding Sign-up Board and post your film title with start and stop times for your selected clip. The Sign-up Board explains exactly how to do this.



Some examples of clips that have already been “claimed” (by virtue of their having been the subject of examination within our lessons) provide a model for your sign-up “posts.”



CAVEATS:



First, it is your responsibility to make sure that the clip you have chosen has not already been claimed. Dividing the film list into four alphabetized boards makes that task much less of a burden. The sign-up boards provide a time and date “stamp” that is the arbiter of any disputes.



Second, if you select any of the films that we have included in the lessons, open forums, or discussion boards, you must be sure that the clip you have selected is not one that has already been presented for consideration. It is your responsibility to make sure of this. Further, there are several films that we have yet to consider that will be part of the last unit's lessons and discussion boards. Specifically, these films include:



Star Wars

The Empire Strikes Back

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings

Edward Scissorhands

Batman

Atonement

Gladiator

The Dark Knight

Juno



In this regard, you cannot select any of the following clips from these films:



Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (25:28 to 26:11, 34:30 to 35:00, 44:30 to 51:17)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (0:00 to 10:14, 19:46 to 20:35, 46:09 to 47:31, 50:45 to 52:11, 55:16 to 57:40, 1:02:03 to 1:06:01, 1:08:12 to 1:13:24)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (0:00 to 25:03, 1:13:58 to 1:16:30, 1:50:16 to 2:14:29)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (0:00 to 38:24, 1:23:50 to 1:33:30)

Edward Scissorhands (0:00 to 5:38, 9:50 to 14:51, 15:40 to 16:40, 17:54 to 19:39, 25:59 to 27:33, 47:54 to 51:54, 55:46 to 56:44, 1:02:54 to 1:06:27, 1:18:49 to 1:20:16)

Batman (3:33 to 7:08, 10:32 to 12:25, 14:18 to 17:08, 54:50 to 57:19)

Atonement (0:00 to 3:18, 6:10 to 14:31, 20:00 to 24:42, 25:57 to 28:14, 30:20 to 32:55, 39:59 to 43:29, 43:49 to 49:44, 54:21 to 57:37, 59:29 to 1:02:48,

1:03:16 to 1:05:04, 1:05:09 to 1:10:18, 1:11:56 to 1:14:02, 1:16:48 to 1:18:52, 1:20:00 to 1:21:52, 1:26:29 to 1:28:45, 1:34:50 to 1:38:07, 1:44:30 to 1:46:16)

Gladiator (0:00 to 13:00, 23:32 to 26:09, 32:00 to 38:37, 38:42 to 46:42, 48:56 to 50:35, 51:05 to 1:00:45, 1:03:08 to 1:05:47, 1:05:52 to 1:08:41, 1:09:03 to 1:16:10)

The Dark Knight (33:29 to 37:54, 46:19 to 53:28, 1:00:22 to 1:04:05)

Juno (0:00 to 4:15, 7:17 to 10:56, 1:12: 46 to 1:18:01, 1:19:10 to 1:29:23)





Film List for Final Paper



Films: A – D



12 Years a Slave

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

20th Century Women

300

3:10 to Yuma

45 Years

Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Tintin

Alexander Nevsky

Aliens

Allied

Amadeus

American Beauty

American Graffiti

American Hustle

An American in Paris

American Sniper

Amistad

Amour

Anna Karenina

Anomalisa

Any Given Sunday

Apollo 13

Argo

Arrival

The Asphalt Jungle

Atonement

August: Osage County

August Rush

Away from Her

Babe

Babel

Back to the Future

Barry Lyndon

Barton Fink

Batman

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beetlejuice

Ben-Hur

The Best Years of our Lives (1946)

The Big Chill

Big Hero 6

The Big Lebowski

The Big Short

The Big Sleep

Birdman

The Birds

Blackboard Jungle

Blackmail

The Blind Side

Blue Jasmine

Blue Velvet

Body Heat

The Book Thief

The Bourne Ultimatum

Boy and the World

Boyhood

The Boxtrolls

The Brave One

Brazil

Breakfast at Tiffany's

The Bride of Frankenstein

Bridge of Spies

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Brief Encounter

Brokeback Mountain

Broken Arrow

Brooklyn

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain Fantastic

Captain Phillips

Carol

Carrie

Casabalanca

Cashback

Cast Away

Changeling (2008)

Charade (1963)

Chariots of Fire

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie Wilson's War

Cheyenne Autumn

Children of a Lesser God

Children of Men

The Children's Hour

Chinatown

A Christmas Story

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Cinderella (1950)

Cinderella Man (2005)

Cinema Paradiso

Citizen Kane

A Clockwork Orange

Clueless

Collateral

The Constant Gardener

The Contender

The Conversation

Crash (1996)

Creed

Dallas Buyers Club

Dances with Wolves

The Danish Girl

The Dark Knight

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Dead Again

Deepwater Horizon

Deliverance

Destry Rides Again (1939)

The Dirty Dozen

Django Unchained

Doctor Strange

Don Giovanni

Double Indemnity

Dr. Strangelove

Drive

Drums Along the Mohawk

Duel in the Sun



Films: E – K



E. T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Eastern Promises

Easy Rider

Ed Wood

Edward Scissorhands

El Cid

El Espinazo del Diablo

Eldorado

Elf

Elizabeth

Elizabeth and the Golden Age

Elle

The Exorcist

Eyes Wide Shut

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fatal Attraction

Femme Fatale

Fences

Fight Club

Finding Nemo

Five Easy Pieces

Flight

Florence Foster Jenkins

Flushed Away

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Forrest Gump

The Fountain

The Fountainhead

Foxcatcher

Frost/Nixon

Frozen

Full Metal Jacket

Gallipoli

Garden State

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Gilda (1946)

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Gladiator

Glory

The Godfather

Goldfinger

Gone Girl

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Goonies

Gosford Park

The Graduate

Gran Torino

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Grand Hotel

Gravity

The Great Escape

The Great Gatsby

Groundhog Day

Guardians of the Galaxy

Hacksaw Ridge

Hail, Caesar!

Hallelujah!

Hancock

Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone

The Hateful Eight

Hell or High Water

Henry V

Her

Hidden Figures

High Noon

Himala

A History of Violence

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Holy Smoke

Hotel Rwanda

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Ida

The Ides of March

The Illusionist

The Imitation Game

Imitation of Life

The Impossible

In Cold Blood

Inception

The Incredibles

Indian Fighter

The Informer (1935)

Inherent Vice

Inside Llewyn Davis

Inside Man

Inside Out

Interstellar

Into the Woods

Iron Man

Jackie

Jarhead

Jaws

The Jazz Singer (1927)

Jezebel

Jim: The James Foley Story

Joy

The Judge

The Jungle Book

Juno

Key Largo

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

The Killers (1946)

The Killing Fields

King Kong

King's Row

Kiss Me Deadly

A Knight's Tale

Kon-Tiki

Kubo and the Two Strings

Kung Fu Panda



Films: L – R



La La Land

La vie en rose

Labyrinth

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Laura

Lawrence of Arabia

The Letter

Leviathan

Life of Pi

Lifeboat

Lincoln

Lion

Little Big Man

Little Miss Sunshine

The Lobster

Lolita

The Longest Day

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lost Weekend

Loving

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Magic Flute

Maleficent

The Maltese Falcon

A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Ove

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man with the Golden Arm

Manchester by the Sea

Manhunter

The Martian

The Master

Matilda

The Matrix

McCabe and Mrs. Miller

Mean Streets

Memoirs of a Geisha

Men in Black

Michael Clayton

Midnight Cowboy

Mildred Pierce

Milk

Million Dollar Baby

Mr. Turner

Les MIserables

The Mission

Moana

Modern Times

Moonlight

Moonrise Kingdom

Moulin Rouge

The Mummy

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Darling Clementine

My Life as a Zucchini

The Naked City (1948)

The Natural

Nebraska

Night and the City

Nightcrawler

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

No (Chile, 2012)

No Country for Old Men

Nocturnal Animals

North by Northwest

Notorious

Now, Voyager

O Brother, Where Art Thou

Odds Against Tomorrow

Old School

On the Waterfront

Once

Objective, Burma!

Out of Time

Passengers

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Peter Pan

Philadelphia

Philomena

The Pink Panther (1963)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

The Plainsman (1936)

Planet of the Apes

Platoon

Port of Shadows

Pride and Prejudice

The Princess Bride

Psycho

Pulp Fiction

Raging Bull

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Ran

Rear Window

Rebecca

Red Dragon

Red River

The Red Turtle

The Red Violin

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Reservoir Dogs

Return of the Jedi

The Revenant

Rich and Strange

Ride the High Country

River of No Return

Rocky

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Romeo and Juliet

Room

Room with a View

Rope

A Royal Affair



Films: S – Z



Sabotage (1936)

Sabrina (1954)

The Salesman

Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler's List

The Searchers

Selma

The Sessions

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Shaft (1971)

Shane

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shining

The Shootist

Shrek 2

Shrek III

Sicario

Signs

Silver Linings Playbook

Silverado

The Simpsons Movie

Singing in the Rain

Sisters (1973)

The Sixth Sense

Skyfall

Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepy Hollow

Slumdog Millionaire

The Social Network

Some Like It Hot

Song of the Sea

South Park

Spellbound

Spider (2002)

Spotlight

Stagecoach

A Star Is Born

Star Trek Beyond

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Still Alice

The Sting

Stranger than Fiction

Strangers on a Train

Steve Jobs

Suicide Squad

Sully

Sunset Blvd.

Superman

The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Tangerines

Taxi Driver

Team America

The Theory of Everything

There Will Be Blood

There's Something about Mary

They Died with Their Boots On

This Island Earth

Timbuktu

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Titus

To Catch a Thief

To Have and Have Not

To Kill a Mockingbird

Tom Jones (1963)

Top Hat (1935)

Touch of Evil

Traffic

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Triumph of the Will

Trolls

True Grit

Trumbo

Two Days, One Night

Unbroken

Unforgiven

Up

Up in the Air

The Usual Suspects

Vertigo

The Village

WALL-E

War Horse

War Witch

What Lies Beneath

When Marnie Was There

Where Eagles Dare

Whiplash

White Dog

Wild

The Wild Bunch

Wild Tales

The Winter Guest

The Witches of Eastwick

Witness

The Wizard of Oz

The Wolf of Wall Street

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Young Mr. Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Zootopia