Rescued By Rover: Monstration And Narrative

Rescued by Rover is a famously known short film for its employment of narrative. It conveys the tale by creating several action shots to build continuity. The story line of the short film is about a baby’s kidnapping that is saved by their pet dog, Rover. The movie was released in 1905, the same time of when the films started getting popular and British filmmaker’s realised narrative is an important sector in moving the picture. Filmmaker’s went into depth with making their films longer and increasing the work in the production such as including continuity shots and parallel editing to help produce an interesting facial expression to the pictures. In my essay, I will be outlining how Fitzhamon used monstration and narration in Rescued by Rover that lead to a clean narrative. …show more content…
This is a monstration as it establishes the key link between the two main characters. It follows with a shot of the nurse pushing the pram containing the infant and a beggar approaching the nurse asking for some change. Even though the nurse harshly refuses and continues her journey. The beggar stays at the same place, shaking her fist to show the emotion of anger which is a monstration. The second shot is of the nurse again picked up walking from left to right, which suggests a continuous action from the previous scene, which creates a continuous narration. The nurse gets distracted by a young man, which was an advantage for the beggar as she was quickly and gently takes the kid out of the pram and rushes away. The nurse arrives home, distressed as she was telling the mother that her infant has been