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Fictional and Dramatic Elements of Film
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3. Interestiing
2. Credibility
A good story captures and holds our attention. The bottom line is we are fixated on good stories. We are engaged and invested in what's going to happen next.
Typically we like to be convinced a story is true or possible
- External Truths- or life as it is
- Internal truths of humanity--life as we think it is or should be (love conquers all, good guys win)
- Semblance of truth-life as it never was or never will be
1. A Unified Plot
Again this refers back to the thematic elements we've previously discussed.
The plot should decvelop the theme and support it.
often it's a single continuous thread of action
4. Paradox
A good story is simple and complex.
The best example I can give you is Forrest Gump. The story is not complicated to follow and the protagonist is simplistic in and of himself. Yet the performance by Hanks, the depth of the themes and the dramatic elements creates a simple yet complex outcome
Fictional and Dramatic
Elements in Film
IB Film -Eckman
Literature + Film
5. Emotional restraint
Literature and film share many elements in how they communicate ideas. In both you can study plot, characterization conflict, etc.
For effective Analysis we need to break films down, starting with answering the question
WHAT MAKES AGOOD STORY?
To keep this simple, a good story is not
overly emotional. We shouldn't be laughing
when we are supposed to be crying. We shouldn't be crying when we should be laughing.
In other words avoid sentimentality
Dramatic Structure
KEY QUESTIONS
There are twotypes to film structure:
1. Linear or chronological
2. Non Linear
1. How well does the extract or film represnet the plot/storyline as unified
2. How does the extract represent the film's credibility or lack there of?
a. is it probable?
3. What makes the extract/film interesting? what are the high points/low poitns? If it bores you, why?
4. How does the story/plot reflect the balance of simplicity and complexity? Does the extract you've chosen reflect that?
5. Is the film overly sentimental?