Weight of Water
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EXAM REVISION- SEMESTER 1
NON-PRINT FEATURE FILM- “WEIGHT OF WATER”
THEMES- that love passion and jealousy are such powerful forces in our lives, they can lead to betrayal over the ones we love, and end up destroying us in the process.
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SETTING- The feeling of being trapped and isolated. Both the present setting, and the past, present the feeling of being trapped. In the past, the island, in the present, the boat. Trapped can lead to the repressed emotions of the characters, what they think and feel about other people they are surrounded by is withheld and unspoken, these emotions build up but eventually are released, in acts of jealousy and anger, with jean killing Thomas in the conclusion
NARRATIVE POINT OF VIEW- the narration throughout is in first person. In the present, jean is telling the story, the narration focuses on her point of view, her emotions and feelings, similarly, in the past, Marren is telling the story, outlining her emotions and thoughts. This first person narration allows an insight into the emotions, feelings and thoughts of the characters jean and Marren, allowing viewers to relate on a more intimate level. The text conveys two parallel narratives, juxtaposing past ad present, in effect, reinforcing the themes present..
CHARACTERISATION- the themes of love and passion are based solely around the characters. Jean and Marren adopt a complex persona, in that they posses a wide range of traits, and play what can be seen as a main role in the film. We lean much about the characters through their actions and dialogue, and what others say about them. Jeans juxtaposition in the present can be seen through Marren in the past. Acts of jealousy etc lead to the destruction of characters seen in the conclusion.
CONFLICT/RESOLUTION- conflict is evident thought he characters jean and Thomas. Jean the protagonist and Thomas the opposing antagonist. The exposition shows a strong marriage between jean and Marren; however conflict sparks when jean catches Thomas casting his eyes on the attractive Adeline (Liz Hurley), and the jealousy of jean leads to the conflicting conclusion in the death of Thomas.