Oscar Micheaux and Spike Lee

  Prompt: For this paper, you will choose one of the Pioneer Filmmakers we have discussed in class and write an Analysis paper presenting similarities and dissimilarities with another filmmaker of color, of the present. You will draw your examples from at least 2 movies each that these filmmakers have created Examples of pioneer filmmakers from this list and a filmmaker from the present. Examples provided: Oscar Micheaux and Spike Lee Spencer Williams and Tyler Perry Salvador Toscano and Alfonso Cuaron Luis Bunuel and Pedro Almalvador Yasujiro Ozu and Hirokazu Kore-eda Zhang Shichuan and Jia Zhangke Ousmane Sembene and Mati Diop Dadasaheeb Phalke and Ketan Mehta Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki Mohammed Karim and Nadine Labaki James Young Deer and Chris Eyre If you would like to study another filmmaker not listed in the above examples please let me know via email. You will send me a written proposal before writing your paper and the three areas of concentration. AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THE PAPER (Choose at least 3 areas): In addition to the areas of the focus for your analysis/reflection should include the framework (the four questions) we are using to study filmmakers in this particular class: What are the examples of narrative style, representation, culture, and identity? Is the content of the film story/characters/aesthetic believable, relatable, and interesting? How do these filmmakers use the camera? How do their personal circumstances and/or environment influence/affect the work of these filmmakers? How do their lives or the circumstances these filmmakers faced connect them and their film(s)? Do these filmmakers have similar messages in their films? In what way are the filmmakers similar from the perspective of their films? And in what way are they different? Use scenes from your comparison films to compare and contrast. Keep in mind things like genre, themes, message/story, use of the camera, editing, color, etc.