Lecture 9 Opening scenes 10 06 o Laydown the ground from the start and get audience s attention also it establishes the internal world of the story Where when what s possible what s probable Figurative comparisons method for differentiating them o Motif something that is systematically repeated in a movie but does not draw attention to itself Can be visual or dialogue Ex girl in red jacket in Schindler s List o Symbols is what it is but also stands in for something else Ex Lost in Translation boiling pot is example of tension literally between them Briefcase in Pulp Fiction o Metaphors suggestion of some kind that literally cannot be true kind of an illusion that breaks bounds of reality in a temporary way Ex American Beauty red rose petals with the girl on his ceiling not possible Trainspotting worst toilet in Scotland metaphor is that the guy is willing to swim through his own toilet to get his heroine o Allegory correspondence that exists in between characters or a situation and symbolic idea or complex set of ideas can be once or multiple times The Seventh Seal personification of death death is not a character it s a phenomenon Ex Personify love freedom etc or can be physical thing but usually a person not real o Allusion or Homage implied reference to a well known event person or work of art The Matrix allusion to Alice in Wonderland entering different world follow white rabbit etc o Knoxville TN 1963 video store clerk his film school o Genres postmodern gangsters revenge action drama PF does NOT follow the typical three act structure PF cost 8 million got 108 million in US 213 million worldwide Quentin Tarantino What is the chronological time line of the story What is the explicit conflict in each chapter What is the implicit conflict or theme in each chapter Is the script for Pulp Fiction realist classical or formalistic
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