For your final paper you will choose a character from a feature film and in an essay of 2-3 pages you are to write about the cinematic means used by the director to convey the character’s change which occurs through the course of the narrative. In other words, your paper will note the visual and sound elements which at pivotal moments in the film convey that something has changed about the character. You should consider the inciting incident, various turning points, and the film’s final moments in your paper.

Your aim is to identify and discuss the Cinematic Language at work in how the character is portrayed, and provide your reading (analysis) of how cinematic language is used to convey the character’s “story” or arc in the overall film.