WCC FILM 100 - Raising Arizona

1. FILM LANGUAGE
This semester we’ve basically looked at
FILM LANGUAGE in sections such as;
Narrative
Cinematography
Mise-en-scène
Editing
Sound

2. FILM LANGUAGE
In doing so we’ve had lots of class
discussion and watched many clips,
short videos, and 2 full films, ON THE
WATERFRONT and THE GRADUATE,
that hopefully help demonstrate these
concepts. Today we’re going to add one
more full film to class viewing, RAISING
ARIZONA

3. RAISING ARIZONA
1987 Comedy - Directed by the Coen Brothers
(Joel & Ethan)
Widely hailed for its camerawork, editing, and
stylized visual storytelling that combine to create
what is basically a LIVE-ACTION cartoon
As you watch (and hopefully really enjoy) RAISING
ARIZONA, pay attention to how the filmmakers are
using all the elements of their mise-en-scène to
create this madcap crazy comedy which still
manages to have real emotion at its core – what
are the decisions they’re making to achieve that?

4. RAISING ARIZONA
In 2000, the film was nominated for the
American Film Institute's list of the one hundred
best comedy films of the twentieth century. The
film placed at Number 31 on the list.
Full Screening In Class (also available to stream
and/or download from Blackboard)
We’ll be using RAISING ARIZONA (and the
other 2 films we watched) as our main examples
for the rest of the semester

5. LOOKING AHEAD
PLEASE READ CHAPTER SIX
BEFORE OUR NEXT CLASS!
IN-CLASS QUIZ #6 over CHAPTER
#6 will be forthcoming