An Introduction to Film

Slacker(1991). Richard Linklater, director. Slumdog Millionaire(2008). Danny Boyle, director. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1 ...

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CHAPTER FOUR Elements of Narrative The Ghost Writer (2010). Roman Polanski, director. ...

122 CHAPTER 4 ELEMENTS OF NARRATIVE cause-and-effect sequence occurring over time. >When we think of it that way, almost all ...

WHAT IS NARRATIVE? 123 is told) to shape the viewer’s experience of the nar- rative (the story itself ). In every movie, the cam ...

124 CHAPTER 4 ELEMENTS OF NARRATIVE 1 2 3 5 4 The camera as narratorThe camera (and everything that implies) is the primary narr ...

to endure a brutal game of cat and mouse played by a pair of psychotic young men. After they take a young family hostage, the at ...

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. • http://www.NortonEbooks.com FOURTH EDITION LOOKING AT MOVIES Richard Barsam & Dave Monaha ...

her disheveled appearance on a hangover, when we know that all she’s been drinking is poisoned coffee. A large part of the pleas ...

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narrative demands that the audience witness events outside Wilson’s experience, the narration temporarily shifts into omniscient ...

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uncomplicated flat charactersexhibit few distinct traits and do not change significantly as the story progresses.^1 This doesn’t ...

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a demanding role, deserved the critical and popu- lar acclaim it received. Yet in many ways, Nina could be considered a flat cha ...

AT MOVIES W. W. NORTON & COMPANY BNEW YORK • LONDON AN INTRODUCTION TO FILM RICHARD BARSAM & DAVE MONAHAN ...

must face a deadly adversary. Most narrative relies on this character motivation. If the viewer doesn’t believe or understand a ...

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jilted Fran dying of a drug overdose in a suicide attempt. As he nurses Fran back to health, C. C.’s need for love progressively ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR v About the Authors RICHARD BARSAM(Ph.D., University of Southern California) is Professor Emeritus of Film Stud ...