During our lesson we learnt about narrative techniques and how to apply them to short stories...
Narrative = Some kind of retelling often in words
a narrative recounts events, leaving out insignificant things.
The opening to the film up includes many narrative techniques. one being a technique thought up b Aristotle, each story needs a beginning, middle and end. At the beginning the are young and he is the one struggling up the hill, the middle is when they go through their problems; her not being able to have children, his car braking, him braking his leg and their houses roof breaking. Then the end is when sadly his wife passes.
Binary objects are also used a lot to show how the clip represents opposites attracting. he is big she is small, he is shaped like a square and she is like a circle. At the start she is positive and motivates him to do things, although the roles change when she becomes upset and he cheers her up. this shows how although they have opposite qualities they are both great for each other.
The sort film also represents Todorov's idea of equilibrium. He suggested that a film is at equilibrium if it 'situation' is in a state of normality. throughout the clip disruption of the equilibrium takes place. This is where a character or an actor causes an effect which disturbs the state of normality. In this circumstance the problems that they face are the problems they undertake together. Equilibrium is then reached again when the couple grows old as their day to day life becomes their new state of reality.
Binary objects are also used a lot to show how the clip represents opposites attracting. he is big she is small, he is shaped like a square and she is like a circle. At the start she is positive and motivates him to do things, although the roles change when she becomes upset and he cheers her up. this shows how although they have opposite qualities they are both great for each other.
The sort film also represents Todorov's idea of equilibrium. He suggested that a film is at equilibrium if it 'situation' is in a state of normality. throughout the clip disruption of the equilibrium takes place. This is where a character or an actor causes an effect which disturbs the state of normality. In this circumstance the problems that they face are the problems they undertake together. Equilibrium is then reached again when the couple grows old as their day to day life becomes their new state of reality.