Friday, 17 September 2010

Research on short stories

Here are three short stories which were advised to watch as they all include 'Todorov's Narrative Structure'. However each of them have a different narrative.
Firstly we watched 'The black hole',


The Black Hole ;



I found the black hole very intresting and inspirational. It was a clear understanding of what the story line was. It showed the 3act structure clearly, such as firstly, Him discovering this black hole on a piece of paper, secondly realising his hand/body could go through this hole and disappear and thirdly using this to an advantage by unlocking doors and stealing money from the safe, which then lead him to greed by putting his hole body in, to collect all the money this showed a re-establishment of equilibrium: he has learned a lesson (not to be greedy) and the camera dolly's back at the end of the film to lead the audience back into the office, with just the sound of the photocopiers.


Zoo Logic;




Zoo logic had another clear 3 structure story board. However it was cartoon animated. This made our ideas expand as it widened our options.
I really liked the idea of how it incorporated humor with out it being seen as a joke.


and Pound, By Evan Bernard;



Finally i found 'Pound' the most different narrative for a short story as it could have a link to a music video. It clearly show's repetitive sequences, however it wasn't very intriguing to watch especially to watch a second time.

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