Narrative Structures
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Unit 1 – Narrative Structures
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta (V4V) is the first film by director James McTeigue and was released in 2005. V4V is set in a very near futuristic London which is now under control by a very strict & fascist government which controls what the public believes through their materialised media network. One night, London is rocked by a bombing of the crown court followed soon by a mysterious character simply named �V’ taking over the news network and revealing his agenda to the public. A determined experienced detective is on the trail of �V’ but also finds out himself about the corruption within the government and a personal vendetta that V holds against the government. The way the narrative is delivered can easily be described as mainstream because of how the lives of the main & supporting actors change within the period of the film, for example the detective at the beginning is at peace, he is then exposed to trouble & corruption & then at the end he returns to peace after all, this can be described as a �Equilibrium — Disturbance — Equilibrium’ which is usually evident within movies with a �mainstream’ narrative. I think that a film with this type of story is best told with a mainstream, straight forward narrative because in the film there are many time gaps which are not so obvious for example the character eavy leaves �V’s hideout for quite some time but returns within 5 minutes of the film, even though she had been gone for months. Since it is obvious this film was aimed at mainstream audiences, films with a similar plot (1984, Akira, Oldboy) have never been too popular with mainstream audiences but because of V4V’s modern, stylish & cool visual combined with its appealing mainstream storytelling techniques it has become more popular than most within its unique genre.
21 Grams
21 Grams is a film by critically acclaimed director Alejandro GonzДЎlez IД±Ð”ÐŽrritu & was released in 2003. The films story is based on 3 people; a sick mathematician, a widow & an ex criminal/born again Christian who’s lives interweave throughout the film eventually ending in tragedy. The director Alejandro GonzДЎlez IД±Ð”ÐŽrritu had previously been known