Post on 21-Feb-2017
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Closer
Clive Owen originated and played the role of Dan (Jude Law’scharacter) in the stage play
The ending of the play was changed for the film.
The original ending shows Dan and Anna talking about how Alice was hit by a car and killed.
Owen and Portman won Golden Globes for their roles.
Difference between story and plot
Story: General subject matter
Plot: How the story is told (the structuring of the scenes)
A figurative technique: “An artistic device that suggests abstract ideas through comparison, either implied or overt” (Gianetti)
Motif: so much a part of the film (almost) an invisible symbol
A Motif: technique/object: that is repeated and doesn’t call too much attention itself
First person: Narrator tells personal story (the entire film is seldom told this way)
Omniscient point of view: narrators are not participants (all-knowing observers)
First person: Narrator tells personal story (the entire film is seldom told this way)
Omniscient point of view: narrators are not participants (all-knowing observers)
Third person: a nonparticipating narrator tells the story from the consciousness of a single character
First person: Narrator tells personal story (the entire film is seldom told this way)
Omniscient point of view: narrators are not participants (all-knowing observers)
Third person: a nonparticipating narrator tells the story from the consciousness of a single character
Objective point of view: does not enter the consciousness of any character
Literature into Film
Three types of literature to film adaptation
1.Loose: an idea , situation or character used from source
Literature into Film
Three types of literature to film adaptation
1.Loose: an idea , situation or character used from source
2.Faithful: attempt to re-create/ as close to original as possible
Literature into Film
Three types of literature to film adaptation
1.Loose: an idea, situation or character used from source
1.Faithful: attempt to re-create/ as close to original as possible
2.Literal: usually restricted to plays and subtler in their modifications