英语影视欣赏课件 narrative and style.pptVIP

Lecture Two Narrative and Style Narrative Narrative/Story/Plot The Basic Stories Narrative Structures Restricted/Unrestricted Narration 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. ) 1. Classic Three-Act Structure 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) Question for discussion What are functions of subplot in some films? Style of Film Setting Framing Sound and Lighting Costume Symbols Doors: entrances and exits, and also potential barriers to movement, can signify choice. Mirror: self-examination Identity Crisis Sound: Diegetic: Occurs in the fictional world of the film Verisimilitude/Realism Non-diegetic: outside of film Create mood, feeling for the theme or the audience * * * * * * * * * * * * Presented by Jerry 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… Difference between Plot and Story is like: Story Plot Difference between Plot and Narrative is like: Picture 1+2=plot Picture2+3=narrative Basic Stories----Archetypes 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 Produced in 1990 Tristan: Medieval Legend 《手机》 Question for discussion: what and how does Titanic combines a number of basic stories? Resolution and Denouement 90-120 mins Act III Development (Conflict and Confrontation) 30-90 mins Act II Set-up 0-30 mins Act I Function Time Act Restricted Narration : w