Run Lola Run Essay

Chance is an idea which is clearly portrayed in both texts. In the movie, 'Run Lola run', the director uses flash forwards to epitomize this idea of chance. The audience witnesses the lives change for the people that Lola bumps into on her journeys, and how their lives change each time to how Lola’s life changes. This is seen with the lady with the pram that Lola encounters each time as she begins her run. This symbolizes the unpredictability of life. Lola's destiny in each three stories, so do the lives of the people that she sees. The use of the fast non-diegetic sound of the clicking of the camera, allows the audience to feel a sense of urgency. This reflects the idea of fate, that our choices, circumstances and actions are all connected …show more content…
At the beginning of the movie 'run lola run', the opening credits, an animated Lola is seen running towards a clock as the sound effects of tick toking sounds. Allow the audience to be aware of the importance of time in this film. Hence, the close upshot of the Pendulum grand-father clock in the opening credits, helps aid the importance of time. The reoccurring motif of clocks and the number 20, 20 minutes to save manni, generates drama and excitement, also reminding the audience of Lola’s race against time. Furthermore, the audience is with Lola in her journey for the real time of 20 minutes. This gives the audience the knowledge of what Lola actually completes in 20 minutes. This technique is what makes this post-modern film so distinctively visual. Furthermore, the use of split screen image is constantly reoccurring in the tri-part structure of the film. This is shown in the multiple scenes between manni, Lola and the town clock, as Lola competes against time to get to manni and save him. This is used to engage the audience and make them wonder what is going to happen next and allow them to wonder if she will make it in