Contrast one shot each from any two of the following short films from the Short Films material at the Norton Looking At Movies Student site: Passengers; Spam-Ku; Death to the Tin Man; Kleingeld; The Hill; Two Cars, One Night. Discuss the differences in the way the two shots are composed and how each is composed to reflect the films’ respective themes, ideas, and meanings. Use the terminology from the textbook to describe the shots’ composition: consider matters of balance, open-ness/closed-ness, depth of space/depth of focus, etc.

Contrast one shot each from any two of the following short films from the Short Films material at the Norton Looking At Movies Student site: Passengers; Spam-Ku; Death to the Tin Man; Kleingeld; The Hill; Two Cars, One Night. Discuss the differences in the way the two shots are composed and how each is composed to reflect the films’ respective themes, ideas, and meanings. Use the terminology from the textbook to describe the shots’ composition: consider matters of balance, open-ness/closed-ness, depth of space/depth of focus, etc.