FILM & PERFORMANCE

ANALYSIS PAPER 3  "THE PRODUCERS"

THIS WILL BE DUE MONDAY 9/27

Read the chapter "Tools of the Storyteller" on pg 127 of your text. Answer the following questions:

1. Imagine you had been the director of The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel as Bloom and Bialystock, respectively. You are working with them to develop their characters. What images would you use to communicate with them? Choose 3 for each actor.

2. Supply 3 "central" facts for the character of Leo Bloom and for Max Bialystock.

3. Find 4 lines from the screenplay that best define the "spines" for both Bloom and Bialystock. Note: The script for this film is on my homepage. There is a link on the main index page for this course.