Color vs Black White

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Week Three – Color vs. Black-and-White in Film (Learning Team)

As a team, review the list of Week Three film choices provided by your instructor for completing this assignment. Select two films from this list, one in black-and-white and one in color.   Use this document to help you prepare your PowerPoint® presentation, as outlined below.

1. Rank in priority (1 through 4) the primary focus of these films. Explain why you chose the one you did for #1.

  Color Film Black-and-White Film
      Characters   _____ Characters   _____
      Ideas           _____ Ideas           _____
      Plot               _____ Plot               _____
      Style             _____ Style             _____

2. Place an X beside what you consider to be the overriding purpose of color film. You may add your own at the end of the list. Then explain your selection.

      _____ To appreciate the struggle for human dignity
      _____ To criticize social problems
      _____ To debate philosophical issues
      _____ To explore interpersonal relationships
      _____ To explore personal growth and change
      _____ To influence viewers’ attitudes and behavior
      _____ To understand human nature better
      _____ Other:

  Place an X beside what you consider to be the overriding purpose of black-and-white film. You may add your own at the end of the list. Then explain your selection.

      _____ To appreciate the struggle for human dignity
      _____ To criticize social problems
      _____ To debate philosophical issues
      _____ To explore interpersonal relationships
      _____ To explore personal growth and change
      _____ To influence viewers’ attitudes and behavior
      _____ To understand human nature better
      _____ Other:

3. What is the surface-level subject of these films? What is the deeper underlying subject of the films? (separate paragraph for each)

4. What photographic techniques... [continues]

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