Film & Media History Reflection
Description
Film : Cidade de Deus/City of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002, 130m) https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/city-of-god Readings : “The sertão in the Brazilian imaginary at the end of the millennium,” Luiz Zanin Oricchio; “The sertão and the favela in contemporary Brazilian film,” Ivana Bentes Notes/Lecture: City of God and mise en scène revisited lecture and analysis Assignment : due Sunday, March 14 ***Requirement: Write a 700 to 800-word response that critically reflects on this week’s film and at least one reading from the week. Relate them to each other and connect them to the broader themes of the course. If there was no assignment last week, you may write about either this week’s or last week’s film and readings. Your response should demonstrate your understanding of both the film and the reading. Do not simply summarize the film. You must use proper citations for all sources in your response. Below are some questions to serve as prompts for reflection. You do not have to address all of these questions in your response. 1. What are the central arguments made by the films and/or the texts and how do they relate to each other? 2. What social, cultural, political, or historical issues are brought into focus in the films and how? 3. What themes emerge from the films or texts and how do they relate to the broader themes of the class? 4. How do you personally connect to these themes or issues and how do the films and readings help you understand them in new ways? 5. Describe the film language in technical terms and discuss how it frames the film’s main themes.
