Film Analysis Slacker 1991 - 1188 Words

â€Å"Slacker† (1991) is an independent film by director â€Å"Richard Linklater†. Its a character-based fiction, structured with many individual scenes forming a feature film without an apparent narrative. The film is portraying bits of everyday life of several eccentric people in Austin, Texas. The film is built up in a way that every scene presents new characters, and after the scene is over you will never see the same characters again. The camera floats from scene to scene by following different characters from one location to another. Like normal three-act-structured films, â€Å"Slacker† has no protagonist to lead a plot line. Its therefore no plot to connect the scenes to each other, creating many individual scenes with their own†¦show more content†¦He is constantly talking to the driver about his thoughts of alternate realities. â€Å"Its like every decision you make... the thing you choose not to do, fractions off and becomes its own reality, you know...† This scene is held in only one shot of both Linklaters character and the cabdriver. Linklater is continuously talking about one subject throughout the drive. And because the scene is never cut to a close-up or escalates through editing, I feel like we are never introduced to something within the character, unlike films with a more apparent narrative. In a conventional three-act-structured film, the scenes are often built up differently. I have chosen a scene from George Clooneys â€Å"The Ides of March (2011)†. The editing pattern of this scene is rather common. It starts of with an establishing shot of the characters in the scene. In this case, this shot is held until the conversation starts being personal. As the scene escalates and intensifies the scene is cut into ultra close-ups of both the characters. In this case the scene is never cut back to the establishing shot, which often is the case. â€Å"The Place Beyond The Pines† Is a feature film by Derek Cianfrance. The storyline is linear, but focuses on different protagonists throughout the film. It starts off with one main character, who has his own narrative. Later in the film we are introduced toShow MoreRelatedMe and You and Memento and Fargo by J.J. Murphy1640 Words   |  7 Pagesnarrative is vital, whether it be in films, books, theatre, etc. It is a frame for a story to work within. While there is a traditional method and formula to structuring a film narrative, filmmakers all over the world have experimented with breaking the norm and trying new ways to structure a film. It tested the viewer’s notion of what structure is and how a narrative can be told. It was also new and something that audiences were not used to. Even now, a film that moves too far away from theRead More Capitalism, Marketing, and the Insidious and Covert Co-optation of the Self6482 Words   |  26 Pageshappen. The transaction is not complete until the reality of bifurcation has been erased or denied to the subject, victim, or consumer. It is not just the abuse that destroys the consciousness, but the denial. The inversion of surveillance (Halleck, 1991) of popular video that occurred when civilian George Halliday turned his camcorder on the LAPD as they beat Rodney King represents the overturning of this denial. As Kings writhing brown body was broadcast internationally via cable and satellite transmissionsRead MoreMonsanto: Better Living Through Genetic Engineering96204 Words   |  385 Pages441 441 CASE STUDIES A summary of the case analysis I N T R O D U C T I O N Preparing an effective case analysis: The full story Hearing with the aid of implanted technology: The case of Cochlearâ„ ¢ – an Australian C A S E O N E high-technology leader Delta Faucet: Global entrepreneurship in an emerging market C A S E T W O DaimlerChrysler: Corporate governance dynamics in a global company C A S E T H R E E Gunns and the greens: Governance issues in Tasmania C A S E F O U R Succeeding in the