Narrative poetry

Memento Time Warp Throughout Memento, the shifting between multiple point of views, shapes and drastically changes our perception of Leonard, Natalie and Teddy. There are two types of scenes in Memento. There are the black and white scenes, which are shown in chronological order and the color scenes which are shown in reverse order, eventually meet up chronologically with the black and white scenes. The black and white scenes are objective, the audience and Leonard can see all the facts and they…

Enrique’s Journey + Which Way Home Analysis Although both the book Enrique’s Journey written by Sonia Nazario and the movie Which Way Home directed by Rebecca Cammisa aim to describe the complexity of immigration, they fulfill their purpose in different ways with contrasting techniques. While the book presents the complexity of immigration through one specific story of Enrique with the use of ethos, the movie presents its main message in a broader perspective through the stories of…

isa Jackson’s Savage manages to say a lot without having any dialogue. Between the music and images, the message comes to its fullest fruition. One thing that really adds to the effect of the whole video is the color scheme used. In certain scenes, color is either muted or focused on in accordance to what is happening to the characters in the short film and its overlying message. This serves to amplify the horrific changes the boarding schools made to the kids and their heritage. The film…

Introduction Storyboard can be simplified as sketches of the imagination. It is used in film to create a benchmark on how the story would look like. The process of beginning a storyboard is different from various directors. Some directors prefer to create the storyboard early in order to strengthen the visualizations of the idea. Storyboard is presented to help visualize the concept and idea before deciding to continue with the production. According to Marcie. B (2004) “Storyboard is often…

Though in such narratives Tolstoy is usually concerned with bringing the actions and thoughts of his characters into harmony with his new beliefs, he rarely ceases to be the literary artist in matters of language, form, and content. The fear of death, a problem with which…

world of the film in a sonic sense that will affect the viewer subconsciously. It is a defining element in the ambience of a film’s atmosphere, capable of turning a situation from sedentary to tense in a single chord change. It provides a sonic narrative of the plot development, normally moving to different themes and suites for different scenes. People can hear a melody or a movement from their favourite film and immediately be taken back to the palpable emotions conveyed in the exact scene by…

Each book is unique and can touch each heart differently. The level of empathy we feel towards a character is mainly based on how the author has decided to portray the character and the situation. In The Outsider by S.E. Hinton, we see a boy (with the name of Ponyboy) whose group is isolated and (as the title states) the outsiders of the society. In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time by Mark Haddon, the main character (Christopher) is also an outsider but not due to his wealth but…

Chapter Ones Successful authors create stories that come alive for the reader. While there are many ways to do this, grabbing the reader’s interest in the first chapter is essential. Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, and Charlotte Bronte use setting and character development in the first chapter of their books to spark the reader’s interest. Not only do each of these authors introduce the setting and characters well, they also present the relationships among them all. Emma, published in 1815, is set…

The story “Wake” by Lisa McMann plays on the interest of the unknown and kept me interested as the plot twist never stopped. It is a fast paced story based on timelines of the dreams of Janie Hannagan. Her mind is incapable of ignoring another’s dreams when they fall asleep in her presence. Her determination and strength of living with this is captivating and almost beyond belief. At times throughout the store, I think it would be so mysterious to be able to know what others are dreaming;…

Critiques of social circumstances firmly rooted in reality may seem to be more appropriately suited by arguments with foundations in fact rather than fiction, but there is also much to be said about the merits of storytelling in these social commentaries. Reason and fantasy do not have to be separate to make an effective and compelling case. Fiction can aid the truth by putting emphasis on certain aspects of it, modeling what could be, and eliciting an emotional response from the audience. In…