JCM312/Narrative Structure
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Classical Hollywood cinema
Television discusses seven principal characteristics of classical Hollywood cinema:
- G1: Single protagonist
- G1: Exposition
- G2: Motivation
- G2: Narrative enigma
- G3: Cause-effect chain
- G3: Story time versus screen time--in terms of duration and order
- G4: Climax
- G4: Resolution/Denouement--compare exposition and denouement
Does Day for Night qualify as a classical film? Why or why not? Explain how the characteristics above are (or are not) used in the film. Template:Gallery
Signs of character[1]
- Viewer foreknowledge
- Character name
- Appearance
- Objective correlative
- Dialogue
- Lighting and videography or cinematography
- Action
How are these signs of character used to construct the following characters in Day for Night?
- G1: Alphonse
- G2: Liliane
- G3: Ferrand
- G4: Julie
Signs of performance[1]
- G1: Vocal
- G2: Facial
- G3: Gestural
- G4: Corporeal
Day for Night cast
- Jacqueline Bisset as Julie
- Valentina Cortese as Severine
- Dani as Liliane
- Alexandra Stewart as Stacey
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Alexandre
- Jean Champion as Bertrand
- Jean-Pierre Léaud as Alphonse
- François Truffaut as (Director) Ferrand
- Nathalie Baye as Joelle
- David Markham as Doctor Nelson
- Zénaïde Rossi as Madame Lajoie, Gaston's wife
- Xavier Saint-Macary as Christian, Alexandre's lover
- Bernard Menez as the Property Man
References
Bibliography
- Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture, 5th Edition (New York: Routledge, 2018).
- David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, 9th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010).
External links
- Frame grabs from Day for Night.
- Wes Anderson American Express Commercial (Day for Night parody, password protected)
- TV Tropes: listing of numerous narrative conventions.