VIS70N Introduction to Media

Viewing Sheet- Oxhide II

Synopsis: Breaking new ground in cinematic art, Liu Jiayin’s follow-up to her masterful debut Oxhide turns a simple dinner into a profoundly intimate study of family relationships.

This Viewing Sheet is intended to help you improve your filmmaking technique, one observation at a time. Its okay to enjoy the story, but while you watch a film, consider all the practical and creative choices the director makes to tell that story and shape your experience of it.  While watching the film, take notes on the director Liu Jiayins use of cinematography, editing, mise-en-scne and sound in OXHIDE II to answer the questions at the bottom of this page.

Cinematography notes:

Editing notes:

Mise-en-scne notes:

Sound notes:

Questions (submit as a PDF):
1. Comment on director Liu Jiayins approaches to time and temporality in the film OXHIDE II. How do the formal strategies shape your experience and interpretation of the film? How do they relate to a critique of class, gender, family, home and work? (400 words) – 4 points

2. Read Liu Jiayins directors statement( in the attachment file) to her film. What struck you about this statement? (100 words) – 2 point