Narrative analysis: Back to the Future Back to the Future, from 1985, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is an example of classical Hollywood narrative. The story is moved along by the motivation of the main character, Marty McFly, who must return to 1985 after having accidentally escaped to 1955 on the time-travelling DeLorean and ends up accidentally altering his own timeline by intruding on his parents’ lives. One of the scenes that mark how the narrative is important to the entire story, is at the beginning where he talks to his girlfriend, Jennifer Parker, about a date they have been planning and hiding from his parents. During this scene, they are interrupted by a lady who is advocating for the preservation of the historical bell …show more content…
This, of course, is a phrase that is meant to foreshadow the fact that Marty does end up playing live music, but in 1955 at his parents’ Under the Sea dance. Following this scene is where Marty’s mom, Lorraine, informs the audience of how she and George met and fell in love, a story that becomes relevant once Marty travels back in time and ends up messing up the events she described. Following these scenes, Marty meets up with Doc and learns about the time machine, which he uses to escape to the past. The scenes with Jennifer and the McFly’s serve as the last glimpse at present day, 1985, that provide crucial information that Marty must follow once he goes back in time. Also, they are used to contrast how his family’s financial and social situation adjusted because of his trip into the …show more content…
Which serve to provide a parallel between the past and the present. For example, Biff says, “I gotta have time to have [the reports] retyped, you know what would happen if I turned it in with your handwriting?” which he repeats later in the movie when he tells George to finish his homework. Other scenes are also alluded to within these two scenes, for example, Marty sees a brand new truck and tells Jennifer that one day he’ll have one of those. At the end of the movie, after he has changed the past, he finds out that in this alternate timeline, the truck is his. These types of repetitions throughout the movie are relevant because they keep the audience motivated. They serve to present seemingly small, insignificant ideas and themes that once they resurface, the audience will take notice. It also serves the purpose of keeping things consistent and establishing a pattern throughout the movie: present an idea, repeat or solve the
"At the very end of the novel- what is represented as being important? Find two quotes to illustrate this".
There are many adaptations and interpretations on how the English arrived to the Americas and established their colonies. The 2005 film “New World”, written and directed by Terrance Malick, is a film based off the English settlers and how they settled in the Americas in 1607, and the forbidden relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas. Although the film highly exaggerates on some scenes in order to make the history seem more interesting, the film still holds most historical accuracy and is an enjoyable film.
The Revolutionary war, sparked by the colonist’s anger towards taxation without representation, was a conflict between the United States and its mother country Great Britain. This event had been considered the most significant event in the American history. It separated the thirteen colonies from the tyrannical ruling of King George. The revolutionary war was not a big war, “The military conflict was, by the standards of later wars, a relatively modest one. Battle deaths on the American side totaled fewer than 5,000”1. However, the war proved that the thirteen colonies were capable of defeating the powerful Great Britain. Over the years there were many Hollywood films made based on the revolutionary war, 1776, Revolution, Johnny Tremain, and The Patriot. But, no movie has stirred up as much controversy as the Mel Gibbson movie The Patriot. The patriot is very entertaining but it is historically inaccurate. Too much Hollywood “spices” was added to the movie for viewing pleasures.
Most people are likely to relate Hollywood with money. If a person lives in the Hollywood area, people assume she or he is probably rich. If she or he is a Hollywood movie star, the person probably makes a lot of money. Therefore, to follow that line of thought, when Hollywood producers make a movie, they make it just for money. And some filmmakers do seem to make films only for the money the movies will earn. The action movie "Die Hard", the fantasy movie "Star Wars", and the adventure movie "Jurassic Park" are examples of exciting movies that were made just for the money by satisfying the audiences' appetite for escapism.
The first scene, which is a major focus of the film and the novel, is
1 Corinthians 9: 25-27 states “All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified” (NLT).
this is important because it is a climax to the play so far and the
In this essay I will be exploring the Key Scene from 'A View From The
powerful story. This scene is as important as Act 2 Scene 2 or Act 4
1, scene 5 is an essential scene in the play. The main two themes are
At the start of the story, the primary focus of dialogue between characters revolves around the
The movie I decided to analyze for this course was American History X (1998), which stars Edward Norton. Though this movie isn’t widely known, it is one of the more interesting movies I have seen. It’s probably one of the best films that depict the Neo Nazi plague on American culture. The film takes place from the mid to late 1990’s during the Internet boom, and touches on subjects from affirmative action to Rodney King. One of the highlights of this movie that really relates to one of the key aspects of this course is the deterrence of capital punishment. Edward Norton’s portrayal as the grief stricken older brother who turns to racist ideologies and violence to cope with his fathers death, completely disregards the consequences of his actions as he brutally murders someone in front of his family for trying to steal his car. The unstable mentality that he developed after his father’s death really goes hand-to-hand specifically with Isaac Ehrlich’s study of capital punishment and deterrence. Although this movie is entirely fictional, a lot of the central themes (racism, crime punishment, gang pervasiveness, and one’s own vulnerability) are accurate representations of the very problems that essentially afflict us as a society.
The film that is being used for the movie analysis is “Enough”, this movie was chosen due to the fact that it is based on domestic violence towards women. The movie begins with in Los Angeles diner were a waitress named slim works with her best friend Ginny (Kazan, 2002). While working her shift slim has a customer that starts harassing her over the name she has, but the companion of the annoying customer defends slim, which in turn starts a romance, later to become a marriage between the two (Kazan, 2002). The couple is later blessed with a daughter they name Gracie, and at the beginning the marriage seems to be a fairy tale out of a story book (Kazan, 2002). The fairy tale becomes a nightmare as time moves forwards for the couple,
The world before her is a film of hope and dreams for Indian women. We examine two girls with different paths but one goal in common, empowerment. This term conveys a wide range of interpretations and definitions one of them being power over oneself. Both Prachi and Ruhi manifest a will for female empowerment but both have distinct views on how this is achieved. Prachi believes the way to achieve empowerment is through her mind and strength, while she still confines to tradition views of Indian culture. Ruhi desires to achieve female empowerment by exposing her beauty in a non-conservative way while maintaining her Indian identity.
During the course of this essay it is my intention to discuss the differences between Classical Hollywood and post-Classical Hollywood. Although these terms refer to theoretical movements of which they are not definitive it is my goal to show that they are applicable in a broad way to a cinema tradition that dominated Hollywood production between 1916 and 1960 and which also pervaded Western Mainstream Cinema (Classical Hollywood or Classic Narrative Cinema) and to the movement and changes that came about following this time period (Post-Classical or New Hollywood). I intend to do this by first analysing and defining aspects of Classical Hollywood and having done that, examining post classical at which time the relationship between them will become evident. It is my intention to reference films from both movements and also published texts relative to the subject matter. In order to illustrate the structures involved I will be writing about the subjects of genre and genre transformation, the representation of gender, postmodernism and the relationship between style, form and content.