Film and Broadcast Fiction

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Film and Broadcast Fiction

There are many different ways in which film narratives appeal to their

audiences. Film narratives explore various elements, which make it

appeal to their audiences. The two main texts that are going examined

are Chocolat and Phone Booth.

Chocolat is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and was released in 2000.

Phone Booth is directed by Joel Schumacher and wad released in 2002.

Phone Booth" is all about Stu (Farrell) who is held captive at gun

point in a phone booth by a sniper (Sutherland) dictating his demands

from a phone from somewhere in the surrounding buildings, who is

trying to teach him a lesson. It is an intense, high-energy action

drama. Chocolat, on the other hand is about a woman and her daughter

who open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the

morality of the community. The films Phone Booth and Chocolat do not

have very much in common. They both appeal to dissimilar audiences, as

they have certain elements in the film that target only certain

audiences. The genre for Phone Booth is action, high drama and has

some violence. However, Chocolat is a fairly tale story and is rather

more character driven. The genre for this film is romance, comedy and

drama.

Chocolat’s naaraitve appeals to its audience because it tells its

story in a certain style, which keeps it audience engaged. At the

start of the narrative there is an equilibrium and balance. In this

case there is a traditional town in which people follow a normal

routinely life. The towns people are very religious and believe in

tranquillity. However, this equilibrium and balance is disrupted to

make the narrative rather more interesting. The character Vienne and

her daughter arrive in the village and bring with them a change to the

town. She does not fit in with the town’s people. She is independent

and is more passionate about life. She dresses in a different way and

talks with experience. Compared to her the town people are more merged

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