Title: Theme, Tone, and Presentation | An Introduction to Film Analysis
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Theme, Tone, and Presentation
Week 1: Theme, Tone, and Presentation
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Content: It has a theme, even if it doesn’t want to. Screenwriter Paul Schrader says, “When you write, you have to know in some way what you are about to do… There has to be some sense of why you are doing this.” For some movies, the theme is obvious. Spiderman: With great power comes great responsibility; An Inconvenient Truth: The planet is gradually getting warmer because of things we humans are doing, and we can change it; Star Wars, a New Hope: If you are selfish and run away from the fight but then change your mind and decide to do the right thing and help your friends in the fight against evil, it’s better to wait until the fight is almost over and then swoop down out of nowhere and blow away Darth Vader so Luke can get a clear shot. That way you’ll be safe and be a hero.