Monday, 21 September 2015

How to read a movie...part1




Warner Jordan Eduction. (February 2012). Film in Three Levels 2.0 - 1.mov. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suUZe3ogaV0&list=PL_tdNe4QkPjEWIyJzGBwtnZcwP9FACT5h&index=12. Last accessed September 2015.





Why ?

  1. To make film more easily understood
  2. Break into  parts to analyse
  3. Can them compare to the whole

We have a three important aspects:
  • Literary aspects
  • Dramatic aspects
  • Cinematic aspects

  1. Literary aspects
  • Those things that films share with literature
        -  plot
        -  characters
        -  settings
        -  themes
        -  point of view

Plot

What do we know about plot and plots elements for instance; exposition, resolution, rising action

Characters

What do we know about characters in literature for instance; protagonist and antagonist, few characters, meaning characters, 

Settings

What is setting in literature for instance; time, place and motion settings

Themes

What are themes in literature for instance; author comments- like do we learn something seeing this text, do we challenge our believes, lessons or moral of the text and human condition

Point of View

What is point of view in literature for instance; is it camera its focusing on anyone 


Sum up

Questions for literary Aspects
  • Briefly summarise the plot - like is it a story
  • Who are the characters in the films? 
  • What is the film's settings?
  • What is a theme of the film?
  • What is the mood of the film?
  • Are there potential symbols?
  • From whose point of view is the story told?like is it a buyers, do we trust a narrator in the film



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