Student Video Essays on Chinese Films (3350)
Simon: Aperture effect in I am not Madame Bovary
Essays are presented with no comments so as not to distract the viewer from appreciation or critique.
Kristin Trewitt: Between Gods and Beasts in Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin
Thalia Sevajanes – Ngoc Thai
Fantasy Narration in Piano in a Factory
Belen Fajardo – Soundtrack in The Wedding Banquet.
Fabiana: Use of Mise-en-Scene in Tian Zhuangzhuang’s Springtime in a Small Town.
Danielle: Masculine Femininity through mise en scène. Piano in a Factory.
Kiara: Creation of a Dreamlike effect in Xiao Jiang’s Electric Shadows.
Teacher Created Material: Piano in a Factory – Soundtrack.
This clip is likely longer than a jury member wishes to commit to but the first three minutes point out mixing of diegetic and non-diegetic music …
… The remainder of the video points out conventional uses of soundtrack in the film such as transitions, mood, etc. The video uses inter-titles to experiement with less intrusion than with a voiceover. To ensure that students watch the full video, there is a simple embedded quiz just after 16:30 of the timecode.