A Genre and Narrative Analysis of One Hour Photo (Romanek,2002) Genre What defines a thriller? There are generic elements, but no real strict guidelines for filmmakers. This means that they can play around with hybridity and innovation within their creation. One Hour Photo contains many genre conventions of a typical thriller. It complies with thriller conventions through: creating suspense and excitement for the audience the narrative revolving around investigation of an enigma/puzzle. having…
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Narrative structure: music videos a music video can be a narrative or non-narrative genre as well as music genres this means the clip either follows a story line or simply a visual representation of the song Non-narrative music videos are the most common because what it looks like is more memorable than what happens Many music videos are hybrids/multigeneric texts (meaning they follow more than one genre) Narrative music videos A simple or complex narrative can determine whether…
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An epic is a long narrative poem that celebrates a hero’s accomplishment. Stories were passed down from one generation to the other by poets who were the carriers of the culture. Until people learned how to read and write the stories, they passed them down by mouth. The heroes of the stories possessed certain qualities. They had to be strong, superhuman, brave, loyal to their king, skilled in war, seek adventure and accepting their fate. In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, the hero Beowulf has many of…
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Laura Sofía Parra 7A Birth of Myths 28 de Noviembre 2017 What is a Myth? From the Greek myths means story or word. Mythology is the study of myth. As stories (or narratives), myths articulate how characters undergo or enact an ordered sequence of events. The term myth has come to refer to a certain genre (or category) of stories that share characteristics that make this genre distinctly different from other genres of oral narratives, such as legends and folktales. Myths are symbolic tales of…
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make critical or explanatory notes. The title is a part of the text. Solar means sun but ‘flare’ has more than one meaning. It can be both to burn constantly and also to suddenly ignite. Consider both. Model annotation – Solar Flare Rhyming pattern abab – links together ideas and contributes to rhyme. I looked up at the Sun and he was frowning, his voice was like a fiery ball of flame, First person ‘I’ invites a personal and intimate perspective but contrasted with ‘he’ and ‘his’ . Personification…
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stronger dialogue, and more personal connections will help create a more powerful script. The professional presentation can be polished. There’s no need to explain in the description what the demon is saying and then repeat it through the character. Remember, the audience can’t see the narrative descriptions. They can only hear the character. So when the demon is speaking, either the audience needs to hear the demon speaking or the character has to verbalize (as they do now) what the demon said, but don’t…
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chronicle of the Corleone family rendered Italianness as a global phenomenon through its depiction of a criminal family. The idea of a proud ethnicity is an important part of The Godfather’s success, as it indicates a respect for the characters and the narrative, as well as the cultural heritage that frames the story itself. The Godfather was distinguished by the cultural centrality on family and business – the one reflecting Sicilian values and the American dream of individual success. The importance of…
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Pathfinder Essay What do you consider tragedy? According to Aristotle a tragedy is, “An imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its katharsis of such emotions…. Every tragedy, therefore, must have six parts, which parts determine its…
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Devious: not straightforward; shifty or crooked: Didactic: teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson. Digression: an act or instance of digressing from a main subject in speech or writing Diligence: constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken Discerning: showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: Disclose: to make known; reveal or uncover: Discordant: being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: Discriminating: to make a distinction in favor of or against…
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And spills the double in the sun The fog comes on little cat feet It sits looking Over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? “By the shore of Gitche Gumee By the shining big sea water at the doorway of his wigwam Ballad Sonnet Lyric Poetry Elegy great deeds of a largerthanlife hero who embodies the values of a particular society. Song that tells a story. Fourteenline lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one…
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