writing about film

There are 5 types of film papers. The first is Formal analysis, formal analysis analyzes each individual part of the film and connects it to how the film works as a whole. You must be able to explain what certain aspects of the film are and what they due to the film as a whole. The next is Film History Films reflect the history of the world that they appear in but films are also stories of their own history, how the were made who liked it and didn't like it and if its remembered in history. The is ideological papers. ideological papers analyze what the film promotes. What message does the film convey to the audience? All movies have some message that they pass on to the audience and ideological papers analyze what the film promotes.
Cultural Studies/National Cinemas is a writing style that aspects how the nations culture affects there films. In America Films there is always action and adrenaline and when americans watch foreign films they may be confused on why certain things are or happen. The discussion of the Auteuris another way of analyzing a film. This way analyzes how the film was created by the director and recognizes the film as the product of a singe person.
 Annotating shot sequence is when you write down each shot that happens in a particular scene so you can  understand how the film was created and why the film may have certain affects on the audience.
What the author says when the say think beyond the frame is that to think about who put that scene together what history went into making this movie, what do others say about the movie, and what can you learn from the films genre. It is to say what else happened to make that shot possible and was it affective.