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It is probably rare that a class would have a printed text of a film, and, even so, a printed text of the film might differ from the version shot. Your assignment is to break the actual film itself down scene by scene and mark the time each scene begins. In effect, the log adds page numbers to a film for more efficient use. The practical purpose of the scene log, then, is:

And, not least by any means, simply as an intellectual exercise for its own sake, logging the film is also a way to slow you down so that you get deeply familiar it.

Format and hints: