Chinatown Analysis Presentation Reflection

Our research question was okay, but it was a little too generic and broad. I think we had good examples to build off of and explain. I think we expressed some good characteristics in this film that relate to Film Noir as a whole. We used some key terms, but they weren't related to "filmic language," which really missed the point of the presentation. This was definitely our weak spot because we didn't go past the literary meanings of the examples.
I think we had a good design of the presentation because we represented the darkness of the film and showed pictures corresponding with the examples, but we didn't go far enough with the bullet points. We should really improve on being able to demonstrate film aspects of Film Noir movies. I need clarification on Femme Fatale because I remember the term, but not its meaning. I think I understand the aspects of Film Noir fairly well, but we didn't address them enough in the presentation. Chinatown was fairly easy to follow, and I can see how it would be Film Noir because of the characteristics of fragility and betrayal.

Chinatown Story Analysis

The story is being told by itself, but it revolves around Jake Gittes and his investigation of the murder of Mr. Mulrey. It is often the detectives who tell these kinds of story or help the flow of the story. We supply the emotion of mystery and suspense. We provide the info of the solving of the mystery once we see certain characters emotions and actions that give hints. The story flows chronologically and is realistic. The genre is mystery/suspense and is in the Film Noir phase of the genre's evolution. The movie says that they had exaggerated and unrealistic acting in intense situations due to the transition from theater. It also says that there was a severe drought at the time. It embodies the universal human trait of how anger, hatred, and/or instability can lead to bad judgment, such as how Mr. Cross murdered Mr. Mulrey or how Mrs. Mulrey shot Mr. Cross.