Thursday, 18 October 2012

Narrative Excersises: How is time manipulated into film?

As an opening to a film how would you show that 100years have progressed using only one set? (an external long shot of a house in the country)
For this we could use anchoronic narrative, this is popular for showing the passage of time through the use of flashbacks/flash-forwards showing no clear dominance between any of the narrative threads.
Using 4 shorts how would you demonstrate a year has gone by using the same set as above (the house)? Describe your idea and then storyboard it.
In this short storyboard, the passage of time has been shown by the decay of this house.


Think of 3 other ways to inform the audience a year has passed by.

The change in scenery around the main setting can show the passage of time, also a collage of photographs and scenes from through the years can be flashed infront of the audience to show that time has passed. Another way of showing he passage of time is a subtitle displayed at the bottom reading something like '100 years later...'
 How would you show that 24 hours have passed using the same subject (a man in a chair in his living room)
I think the use of flickering lights, and showing the scene in a fast forward motion, i.e showing the character in different positions.
How would you make it clear to your audience that the next part of the narrative is a dream?
You could use a filter or edit the scene to show it in a slightly different colour to symbolise his mind is elsewhere or you could blur the scene slightly to make it more dream-like.
How would you make it clear to your audience that the next part of a scene is a flashback?
For this
You would some sort of flashing effect or something that would show that we have moved to a different time zone.
Voiceover - objective - an outside person telling us the story.
Can you think of any examples?
Sometimes during the introduction to a film, we are greeted by a voiceover setting the scene and introducing us to the film. This often occurs in the opening scenes to the Twilight saga films.
Voiceover - subject - an insider telling us their version of events.
Can you think of any examples?
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