I. Identification of the Film TROY (2004)
Identify your film by briefly addressing these distinguishing factors:
1. What is the title of the film and date of release?
2. What is the film’s plot and main characters?
3. Is it modified from another work, or is it based on a unique or innovative idea?
4. Is the film fact or fiction?
5. Is it based on a historical event or person? How true to life is the film?
6. How is the film structured?
7. How is the storys plot told? Below are some examples of how the plot can be told.
Through standard exposition
By memory or flashback
Through voiceover/with a narrator
Linearly or chronologically
Character-driven **
Subjectively or objectively
Otherwise
II. Statement of Comparative Element (which is the lens or context)
Provide a brief statement (a minimum of one short paragraph) that justifies how it aligns with the comparative element and leading question. The comparative element is not an overview, review, description, plot summary, or survey of the directors career. Instead, it is a statement that seeks to explain an aspect of a film (and/or the ideas and techniques of its director) with reference to something outside the film itself.
The comparative element is:
*A historical character or hero who is the main subject of the film : *ACHILLES
Leading Question is:
*How does the film TROY compare/contrast with (or represent) the historical facts about the mythological warrior Achilles?? > (this is your thesis)
When crafting your thesis, remember that the major goal of this essay is to help you understand the complex relationship between history and film media. Great films actively make history by fashioning bold new interpretations and media events. Therefore, the main question you should ask in this paper must reflect what is historically important or relevant to the film and how this element will be explored in your final project.
You should include *A preliminary or tentative answer to your chosen question in a well-crafted thesis statement that indicates the primary focus > *How does the film TROY represent the historical facts about the mythological warrior Achilles <
Include a brief background section that contextualizes your film in time and space.
In the body of your paper, as you develop your comparative analysis of your chosen film, make sure to provide the following information:
a) Historical/Cultural Context: How does the film relate to its historical context, time period, and national or cultural origin?
b) Filmic Context: How does the film express the visual, thematic, and technical features of your directors style or the films style period or movement?
III. Provide a detailed analysis by comparing and contrasting your film with Achilles' legend/story.
a) Identify the historical, visual, conceptual, technical, formal, or structural similarities and differences between the mythological Achilles and the Achilles version of the film.
b) Support your main points about these similarities and differences with specific observations (drawn from your viewing of the film itself), and clarify how the specific scenes, characters, plot, or filmic techniques you analyze help to support your ideas about the relationship between the mythological Achilles and the Achilles version of the film
Your analysis should reflect further understanding of key course concepts and language used in the analysis of film history and the humanities. Here you should refine your thesis statement in answer to the question
IV. Sign off with a strong conclusion.
Use your conclusion to revisit what you have illustrated throughout your paper in support of your thesis. What was the main point you were constructing about the relationship between your chosen film and the major comparative element on which you focused your paper?
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