Analyzing Film

Analyzing Narrative Films

• How to analyze a film (Lumen)

• Writing Center (University at North Carolina)

• Owl Purdue: Writing about Film

• How to analyze a movie (San Diego International Film Festival)

Analyzing Anime

• https://reelrundown.com/animation/5-Hallmarks-of-Good-Storytelling-in-Anime

• https://geekgals.co/2020/04/16/guide-for-rating-anime/

Analyzing Documentaries

• https://sites.middlebury.edu/amst0262a/documentary-film-analysis/

• Note taking template

• Questions for analyzing technique

• International Documentary Association

Researching about Film: Check out these sources

• Online Film Critics Society (film & television reviews/criticism)

• Learn more about literary theory and criticism at Purdue OWL

• Google Scholar (proceed with care - you will find wonderful articles, but the paywalls will break your heart; Ms. Van Winkle may be able to find articles though, so check with her)

• Gale Literature

• ProQuest Ebooks

• Academic OneFile

• EBSCO eBooks

• JSTOR (currently offering 100 free articles per month to all students)

• Important! When conducting research from off-campus, you’ll need passwords for our subscriptions. Find login information here.

Also, please review different elements for a textual analysis of a non-literary text at https://www.mrsmacfarland.com/dp-curriculum/non-literary-analysis. Consider what rhetorical strategies are used in the development of the film to develop the argument or main message.

Podcasts

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/englishcomp2kscopex92x2/chapter/how-to-analyze-a-podcast/

https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=711516&p=5070995

https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=711516&p=5071253

http://www.byronhawk.com/460-sound/Podcast-Analysis-Assignment.pdf