Well presented and interesting whilst also indicating independent research. BUT you have not answered the question which is :
"How Sergio Leone establishes and develops the thriller genre in Once Upon a Time in America"!!
Add another slide and think about the following points: 1) Lighting: Chiaroscuro lighting is a convention of noir thrillers (include a screen shot). Eve's flat is in shadow which connotes menace; when Eve switches the lamp on the chiaroscuro effect is achieved. Thus within the first few minutes Leone has established the opening with film noir credentials....
2) Character types: Leone then goes on to develop the generic convention with the appearance of Eve who is represented as the classic femme fatale an archetype of film noir. (Screen shot then screen shot from Gilda singing "Put the Blame on Mame" from the film Gilda, on You tube.
3)Turning back the bed covers, here Leone piles on the generic conventions of a thriller with the outline of......
4) and so on to include costume of detectives, trilby hat, overcoat, eyes in shadow connoting.....
5) The murder of Eve...is the climax to the opening,(explain the action) thus Leone has emphatically established the opening to the film as a gangster noir thriller. The clue to the film focusing on gangsters is the costume of the corrupt detectives. Their costume references the dress code of archetypes in thrillers such as Holly Martins in The Third Man.....upload trailer of this film or get a screen shot.
This revision (you have until after Xmas) will raise your grade.
Well presented and interesting whilst also indicating independent research. BUT you have not answered the question which is :
ReplyDelete"How Sergio Leone establishes and develops the thriller genre in Once Upon a Time in America"!!
Add another slide and think about the following points:
1) Lighting: Chiaroscuro lighting is a convention of noir thrillers (include a screen shot). Eve's flat is in shadow which connotes menace; when Eve switches the lamp on the chiaroscuro effect is achieved. Thus within the first few minutes Leone has established the opening with film noir credentials....
2) Character types: Leone then goes on to develop the generic convention with the appearance of Eve who is represented as the classic femme fatale an archetype of film noir. (Screen shot then screen shot from Gilda singing "Put the Blame on Mame" from the film Gilda, on You tube.
3)Turning back the bed covers, here Leone piles on the generic conventions of a thriller with the outline of......
4) and so on to include costume of detectives, trilby hat, overcoat, eyes in shadow connoting.....
5) The murder of Eve...is the climax to the opening,(explain the action) thus Leone has emphatically established the opening to the film as a gangster noir thriller. The clue to the film focusing on gangsters is the costume of the corrupt detectives. Their costume references the dress code of archetypes in thrillers such as Holly Martins in The Third Man.....upload trailer of this film or get a screen shot.
This revision (you have until after Xmas) will raise your grade.
Presently Level 3: Bish.