film analysis - propp - todorov

 define keywords 

independent company 

conglomerate

joint venture

the big 6 - biggest influence on film and media industry 

verisimilitude

diegesis/ digetic word

juxtaposition

narrative theory

levi strauss and binary opposition

vladmir propp 

-8 character types

-the princess/ prise

-her father = person who rewards the hero 

-the donor = donate something (magical or helpful object) often a fairy

-the false hero = eg. the ugly sisters 

-the dispatcher = sets the hero on their quest

-the hero/ heroin = goes on a quest and usually ends up with the princess, an aim or a prize

-the villain = against the hero

helper = helps the hero on their mission 

exotixism - fetishism - orientlism cultural study 

hashtag decolanisation 

objectification/ male gaze theory

shrek propp theory 

farquad - villain dispatcher (to trip them up)

fiona - princess

toad father - princesses father

shrek - hero

donkey - helper 

gingerbread man - helper 

wolf - helper 

prince charming - force hero 

fairytale characters - donors

propp character architypes in films and tv programmes 

Madagascar 

hero - Alex the lion and the other animals 

villain - Police and humans

false hero - king julian and madagasgar animals 

donor

helper 

princess - Gloria 

princess' father 

dispatcher - Marty 

messenger - 

classic structure of films and dramas 

- equilibrium/ calm period 

- disruption, disequilibrium/ disturbance/ unsettlement

- renewed state of peace and harmony/ equilibrium/ resolution 

Todorov

-Equilibrium

-Disruption of equilibrium by an event

- A realisation that the disruption has happened

- An attempt to repair the damage of disruption

- A restoration of equilibrium 

- this works for get out 

Micro features

Mise en scene

Everything in frame             All parts of mise en scene compliment each other to create the scenes 

- costume - characters - props - props - lighting - setting - colour palette - hair and makeup - performance (blocking, use of space, acting, interaction between characters etc..

Camerawork

- camera movement - camera angle -shot size - depth of field (foreground or background) - framing            - medium shot - full body shot - long shot - over the shoulder shot - back shot - 

Editing

- Pacing - length/ pace of cuts - transition - elliptical editing (not much of a connection between one scene and another scene

Sound

- Sound FX - Diegetic (in the world of the film/ actors could hear it) - Non-Diegetic  - foley sound (make a sound and put it back in to seem diagetic) Parallel - Contrapuntal (eg. lighthearted with something horrible happening on screen: juxtaposing)

tarentino film ear cutting scene with funky music 

opening sequence from get out 

- horror of the unseen through use of lighting 

- night time / natural light but maybe artifficially created (eg. in the studio)

- Contrapuntal sign when he's jumped , alomgside the 'run rabbit' lighthearted song