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How do films tell stories? Refer in detail to two films or your choice and discuss some of the main techniques used by filmmakers.
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How do films tell stories? Refer in detail to two films or your choice and discuss some of the main techniques used by filmmakers. In order to answers this question I have looked at the two films; Save the Last Dance and Cool Runnings. Both films were produced in the 20th Century, and the main storyline that occurs is where the characters are placed somewhere they don't fit in and have to adapt and beat the odds to succeed. Several theorists have tried to establish a norm, like a sense of system within a film narrative. Something for which every film should abide by. Propp said that it was possible to group characters and actions in every film into; A villain, the hero, the donor, the helper, the princess, her father the dispatcher and the false hero. He stated that stories often follow the same highly predictable order. Todorov argued...
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