Literary Genre: can be defined as HOW the story is told. How does the artist skillfully display his craft in telling this story?
• Setting - specific, historical - 1950s Ireland
Time - Past
• Characterisation - Direct and Indirect - Types of Character (Complex, Dynamic, Well-rounded, static, one-dimensional, stock, stereotyped)
• Narrative structure & Plot - Opening, Rising Action, Complication, Revelations, Plot twists, Climax, Resolution, Ending
• Narrative point-of-view :
1st person
Framing structure - begins and end with a sequence on the ship
• Dialogue/ Script/Text: between characters, titles of the movie
• Imagery & Symbolism: colour is used really effectively to create rich imagery and symbolism - creating a emotional atmosphere
• Irony/ Dramatic Irony: audience’s historical knowledge creates dramatic irony in key moments
• Foreshadowing -prophetic words and actions of the characters
• Juxtaposition - utilised in characterisation e.g. Ellis Vs Nancy
• The specific language of Film - cinematic techniques
Mise en Scene: literally means “putting in the scene”
- Character (action, gesture, facial expression, tone of voice, costume, make-up)
- Setting (background, props, colour, lighting)
- Position in the frame (the character’s position in relation to other characters)
Camera Shots and Angles - position to influence the audience’s response to theme, character and story. Types of Shot are: High/Low/Aerial/long/Medium/Close-up/Tracking/Panning/Establing/Zoom
- A shot is what is contained it the frame of the camera (paragraph)
- A number of shots make up a scene (page)
- A scenes make up a sequence (chapter)
Editing - is how the shots and scenes are linked together. Types are:
Dissolves, montage, fade,
Music, Sound and Score: in a film there is diegetic sound (actors voices, sounds originating from the actions) and non-diegetic sounds (sounds effects, soundtrack and a score of musical themes, a narrator). Poignant score creates great emotion throughout.