[Test students' ability to analyze how mise-en-scène in classical Hollywood cinema (1920s–1960s) constructs, negotiates, and contests gender and power. Require close readings of at least two films or scenes: identify and interpret lighting, framing/composition, costume, set design, blocking, performance, and camera movement; connect these elements to industrial and cultural contexts (studio system, star persona, Production Code) and to critical concepts (e.g., patriarchy, male gaze). Responses must present an evidence-based comparative argument grounded in filmic detail.]