Choose one of the following five topics and write an 1150 word paper comparing and contrasting the two films. No mixing and matching of films between topics. 1150 words is the minimum AND the maximum for your paper.
Watch both films and take notes on scenes that stand out to you.
Choose one scene from each film that shows a similarity or connection between the films: theme, tone, visuals, character, dramatic situation, mise en scène,etc.
Write a close comparison of the two scenes that analyzes how each film handles the element you've chosen. Include timecode for each scene.
Choose one scene from each film that shows a striking difference between the two films: theme, tone, visuals, character, dramatic situation, mise en scène,etc.
Write a close comparison of the two scenes that analyzes the way each film differs from the other. Include timecode for each scene.
TOPIC: Nosferatu and The Last Laugh (F. W. Murnau, 1924)
Two movies whose stories are told in pictures.
In Murnau's The Last Laugh, the great Emil Jannings plays a proud hotel doorman who is demoted to washroom attendant, but discovers his life is not quite
over. The film is silent with only one intertitle.
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