Students will write a 6-8 page paper relating to a single film and an accompanying long  form analysis in the British Film Institute’s Film Classics series as the foundation for  your own analysis. Students are expected to screen the film and purchase/read the  accompanying BFI book on their own, then write a paper that critically engages with the author’s reading of the film. This is not a summary of the film or the BFI book, but part  of a dialogue between yourself and the author. Using the film as the centerpiece of your  paper and the BFI book as a point of departure, the paper should be organized around a  thesis that makes a critical intervention. Critical interventions can come from expanding  upon or countering one or more of the book’s claims. Is there a point made by the author  that needs further development and can serve as the foundation of an independent  analysis of your own? Are there elements of the author’s argument that you disagree with  and can persuasively argue against? A critical intervention can also be organized around  omissions in the analysis that need to be addressed. The idea is for you to use the book as  a springboard for your own thoughts and analysis about the film. You may choose any title/book from  the BFI series. Available titles can be found here: 
bloomsbury.com/uk/series/bfi-film-classics/