Sunday, 22 November 2009

Something similar to what Im researching

Howdy

How narratives are changed with visual and audio cues :) not specific to the amount on one particular scene but has a nice table for reference just like I would like to create.

HERE it is, theres a lot more in there I want to post but its just too much :P

Shifts in narrative point-of-view and time have several effects:

* delaying of information disclosure builds tension in an effort to manipulate the audience directly;

* empathy for characters shifts throughout the film with the shifts in point of view;

* power relations between characters change with the shifting of point of view, since story knowledge and interpretive power are so intimately related.

The techniques that are used within films by filmmakers can be seen as having a desired effect. This effect, though having intention can of course be interpreted in different ways from that intention. The table below draws out some techniques and their desired effects on the audience.

Technique ‘Effect’
Flashback,Flashforward,Present The information revealed in one time frame will alter the understanding that the audience has of another time frame, e.g. Saving Private Ryan, Citizen Caine

Repetition Information can be revealed by increasing the duration of a repeated incident or by changing the narrative point-of-view of the incident, e.g. Memento

Dream Dreams can be used to mislead the audience by making them believe that some events are actually taking place but in reality are only dreams e.g. Mulholland Drive, Jacob’s Ladder

Hallucinations Again, hallucinations can mislead the audience and situates them with the character in terms of their knowledge, e.g. A Beautiful Mind

Premonitions Premonitions set up expectations about what is to occur in the narrative, but these expectations can be subverted, e.g. Don’t Look Now

Voice-over Voice-over discrepancies can create humour or be used to show deceit between characters. Further they delimit the terms of narrative disclosure between the characters.

This
is what I want to create but with the variety of sounds used = narrative change, in relation to a particular event/scene in the film.

Im getting closer to finding case studies that are simialr to my own study :)

have a great day

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