Lee's discussion questions: chapter 3/life is beautiful

Chapter 3-- Mise en scene

1. Based on Chapter 3 of our text, what is "Mise en Scene"?

2. How does Mise en Scene in theater differ from mise en scene in film? (Objective question)


Life is beautiful

1. In a few brief sentences, please describe an example of Mise en Scene from the film based on your recollection (Hint: remember the definition of different camera shots as discussed from chapter 1).

2. On Monday, Dr. Shea mentioned that Life is Beautiful could be viewed as two separate films. Why do you think Benigni created such a stark difference between the first half of the film and the second half?  Use at least 3 vocabulary words from the first three chapters of our text. (Objective Question)

Pecha Kucha

In the interest of time and to avoid overlap, I have consolidated each group so that members of both sections will be together and will only present as one presentation. You will still keep the same discussion on D2L (either text or movie) but your slide contributions have changed. Please consult the role change. The first name still does the first role, the second person the second and so forth...

9/24: Chris/James/Jacob (Text Book)/ Logan B/Jacob C. (Movie) -- Rear Window

10/1: Emily/Wesley/Margaret (Text Book) Anthony/Mark (Movie) -- Godfather Part II

10/15: Emma/Jonathan/Cole/Ashleigh (Text Book) Eli B./Michaela/Deitra/Garret (Movie) -- No Country for Old Men

10/22: Alexa/Patrick/Logan G./John M. (Text Book)  Quinn/Fatma/Justin (Movie) -- The Matrix

10/29: Keith/Shanice/Kevia (Text Book) Amand/Hannah (Movie) -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind

11/5: Eric/Steven/Ryan/Ben (Text Book) Themelise/Joseph/Kayla (Movie) -- Bowling for Columbine

11/12: Chelsea/Tyrea/Matthew (Text Book) Weston/Krista (Movie) -- Baraka/Sunset Boulevard

11/19: Samantha/Katelyn/ Elisa (Text Book) Andrew M./Edward/Cristina (Movie) -- Double Indemnity

11/26: Rasheed/Kirbee/John V. (Text Book) Thomas/Michael (Movie) -- The Searchers

12/3: Shanice/Carl/Mitchell (Text Book) Marie E./Nolan/Molly (Movie) -- Spirited Away