Bamboozled by Spike Lee
Film Analysis
1000-1200 Words
For your film comparison/analysis paper, you will analyze one scene or aspect of "Bamboozled" by Spike Lee, through the lens of Ideology.
Focus on just one scene or specific aspect of "Bamboozled." By narrowing your focus, you can provide many examples to support your argument about a specific scene or subject. This will help you to organize and develop a more purposeful and focused paper. Look for recurring themes, motifs, and instances that you thought were significant.
Ideology -
- In one sense, ideology is a more subtle way of saying "politics"
- With an ideological approach, begin by trying to pinpoint what message or messages a film aims to communicate about its world and, by implication, our world.
- What is it saying explicitly?
- Implicitly?
- What does the film suggest about how people relate or should relate to one another?
- Is individuality important? Is the family important?
- Is the film straightforward and direct about those values and what they demand, both gains and losses?
- Are the values depicted as "natural"? If so, why?
- Does the movie challenge the beliefs of its audience or support them? Why?
- How do the politics of the film and the way it entertains intertwine?
Use the list of questions to help you to decide on a thesis for your paper, and integrate them in the essay.
Requirements:
Please cite any outside sources used.
APA FORMAT.