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function
example
Suspense
Question for discussion
What are functions of subplot in some films?
Style of Film
Setting Framing Sound and Lighting Costume Symbols
Achilles’ fatal flaw: Achilles Heel
Spiderman’s fatal flaw: His girlfriend’s capture
Cinderella: Dream Comes True
Jane Eyre
Faust: Marlowe’s Doctor
Romeo and Juliet
Similarity
Compositions of actions/events
Differences
Narration: A chain of events in cause-effect relationships occurring in time and space Story: All the events that we see and hear, plus all those that we infer or assume to have occurred… Plot: All the events that are directly presented to us, in books, in films…
1. Classic Three-Act Structure
Act Act I
Act II
Time 0-30 mins
30-90 mins
Function Set-up
Development (Conflict and Confrontation)
Act III 90-120 mins Resolution and Denouement
Doors: entrances and exits, and also potential barriers to movement, can signify choice.
Mirror: self-examination
Identity Crisis
Diegetic: Occurs in the fictional world of the film
Restricted Narration : withhold information from the audience
function example
Curiosity and surprise
Unrestricted narration: audience know more information than any character
Science fiction
Film Noir: rainy cityscapes
Framing: the use of architectural features to “frame” an action and imbue it with added significance.
Windows: signify the possibility of an intrusive gaze from outside, or vice versa.
Produced in 1990
Tristan: Medieval Legend
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Question for discussion: what and how does Titanic combines a number of basic stories?
• Romeo and Juliet (a boy meets girl, gets girl, then loses girl) • Tristan (Rose is already engaged to be married) • Cinderella (Jack from a impoverished background, but his goodness and talent are recognized by Rose. )
Verisimilitude/R ealism
Sound:
Create mood, feeling for the theme or the audience

Setting: the background of a particular scene
function Generic consideration function verisimilitude function Expression of overall mood, subjective mood of a certain character, symbolic values
Lecture Two
Narrative and Style
Presented by Jerry
Narrative
Narrative/Story/Plot
The Basic Stories
Narrative Structures Restricted/Unrestricted Narration
Difference between Plot and Story is like:
Story
Plot
Difference between Plot and Narrative is like:
Picture 1+2Fra Baidu bibliotekplot Picture2+3=narrative
Basic Stories----Archetypes
2. Hero’s Journey Structure
Call to Adventure Journey through unfamiliar world Supreme ordeal Reward Return and Reintegration into society (This structure always for Myth/legend)
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