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Textual analysis: Lights out

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Lights out (2013) Lights out is a Swedish short film, directed by David F. Sandberg that has become a feature length film because of how successful it was. It takes place in the home of a woman who is about to go to bed. However, her usual sleep routine has been disrupted due to the fact that as she switches the lights off, the woman sees a silhouette of another woman. Out of fear, the woman tapes the light switch and heads to bed, leaving the door slightly open. However, she then hears creaking and the hallway light turns off and rampant footsteps, hiding under the blanket. She then peeks out to find the bedroom door wide open, and the desk lamp plugged incorrectly, flickering. She then plugs it back, with everything reverting. She then sees the creature, who turns off the lamp, ending the film. What made this short really effective is the lack of dialogue, the use of sound and the camerawork. The MES of the film is effective in which it is set in a natural setting, the h...
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Film double page spread analysis

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In order for me to know what to put on my DPS, I have looked at various film articles from different magazines and out of the ones I have looked at, I picked two. Both from Empire, but are very different from each other. Django Unchained: What I like about the structure of this article is how it states that it is on location and the date of when they filmed it. The images used vary between stills from the film and stills from the production. There are more images than text but this could be done to show the audience what to expect. Rather for them to read what will happen, they can see what will happen through the stills. What I will take from this DPS is the use of mixed stills. One from the actual film and one from the production. It would enable the audience to see what is going on "behind the scenes" without telling them too much information. Just to make them anticipated for the upcoming film. Clash of the titans: Another DPS from Empire in which this time the...
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Story and Narrative

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Story and narrative are surprisingly two different aspects of storymaking, whether it's in a book or through the media. One thing that we can establish, is that they are both important and are used to create an effect on the audience that is long lasting.  The story is the events that occur within the film or text. It will give the audience information about the setting, characters and what is happening in the film. The story is usually built up over time to captivate the audience into the film in the way the director/writer intended it to be. Whereas, the narrative is how the story is told. This is mainly looking at the structure of the story, the themes and how it is presented. There is a basic structure to how a story is narrated and this includes a beginning, middle and end, but there are other ways in which a story can be narrated. Todorov's narrative theory: Tzvetan Todorov has proposed a theory in which he looks at the conventional structure of the narrative...
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