What did you like about the film? I liked all of the drama in it	What didn’t you like? I did not like how she went and cheated on him
What ideas could you use? Narrative or style? I liked the idea of the woman showing up to the wedding	What ideas won’t you use? Why? I wont be using the idea of cheating back on him because she is now no longer the victim

In-Depth study: All elements

Feature	Example
Narrative structure	I liked the way the narrative was very emotional and they used a lot of yelling at eachother
Establishing characters, setting, plot, theme	The plot was very smart, I thought it was all very engaging, the use of the woman showing up to the wedding made a huge twist in it.
Mise-en-scene	The mise-en-scene was good because they used a lot of different shots around the place to show the atmosphere
Cinematography	The lighting was very casual natural lighting and all of the shots were like we were a guest at that wedding experiencing it.
Editing	The editing had a lot of close ups to it, I liked how they kept switching from each character when she was on the roof.
Sound	The sound always had some wedding music in the background and always had people chatting in the background.

What did you like about the film? I liked that the man kept going back to the same place.	What didn’t you like? I didn’t like how it went so fast I did not understand it
What ideas could you use? Narrative or style? I liked the style of it being in a very natural setting	What ideas won’t you use? Why? I will not be using the idea that it blew up, it made it very dramatic

In-Depth study: All elements

Feature	Example
Narrative structure	An example of the narrative structure that I liked was when they were waiting in line and the people behind him kept telling him to hurry up and be quicker.
Establishing characters, setting, plot, theme	I liked the plot of it, there was a lot of drama, you almost feel bad for the guy at first. The setting was a relatable one, lots of people get tickets all the time.
Mise-en-scene	I liked how the mese-on-scene was used at the end when he was getting angry, the lights were bright and made it a very blinding and confusing scene.
Cinematography	The cinematography was good, they used a lot of the use of then being the character so we can really get into the conversation.
Editing	The editing was pretty basic, this made the realty of it look more real than it was before.
Sound	the sound was very loud and it made it seem a lot more like he was upset and then it really enhanced all of his emotions.

1. The New Wave (French: Nouvelle Vague), also called the French New Wave, is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favour of experimentation and a spirit of iconoclasm.
2. Filming techniques included fragmented, discontinuous editing, and long takes. The combination of realism, subjectivity, and authorial commentary created a narrative ambiguity in the sense that questions that arise in a film are not answered in the end. One of the key characteristics of the French New Wave is its rejection of past filmmaking, instead swapping in more experimental and avant-garde techniques.
3. Scorsese and Coppola, both who rose to fame in the 1970s, which is sometimes referred to as the American new wave, have mentioned the influence these French filmmakers had on their artistic and production style.

props in Casablanca are mainly glasses of expensive alcohol, and a lot of money. mainly the sheets of paper with the boarding passes on them for people to leave. and during the movie there is loads of people smoking cigarettes, through out the whole movie they always had one in their hand.

the costumes in Casablanca are very 1940s and all the women wear nice long skirts with a hat, the men were always wearing suits to show their wealth.

sets in casablanca are in always fancy bars or in posh looking houses in nice town and clean streets, they use alot of nice areas that are large and have a rich type of vibe to it.

moonlight 41.31- 44.35

summary of the scene- in this scene Chiron’s mother is begging Chiron to give him all the money he has because she wants to buy drugs.

joker- 7.42- 9.24

summary of this scene- in this scene, the joker is sat on a bus doing silly faces to a small child and then everyone on the bus gets uncomfortable and he starts to uncontrollably laughing and shows his disability badge.

narration- Narration is the act of telling a story, usually in some kind of chronological order. Making up a scary ghost story and relating it around a camp fire is an act of narration. Narration generally means any kind of explaining or telling of something. It is usually used in reference to storytelling.

backstory- Definitions of backstory. circumstances and events leading up to a real-life situation. the history of a made-up character in a drama, film, or book. a creative work that relates events taking place before those of an existing work.

flashback and flashforward- For example, a character might have a flashback to their childhood to explain why they have a fear of dogs or why they have a strained relationship with their father. Flash forwards are scenes or events that occur later in the story’s timeline than the present moment of the narrative

linear and non-linear- A linear plot has a beginning, middle, and end and is constructed chronologically. A nonlinear plot contains the same components (beginning, middle, and end) but is not chronological. Toni Morrison’s A Mercy is a nonlinear plot narrative format. The events are sporadic and without any chronological order.

ellipsis- Elliptical storytelling involves omitting or withholding part of the events or aspects so that the viewer (or reader) will fill in the gaps

framing devise- A framing device is like a picture frame or a window frame, providing structure and context for the central story. Examples of framing devices are ubiquitous in literature and entertainment. A tale told by a narrator to a group of listeners, as in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, is a classic framing device.

cliffhanger and closed endings- A cliffhanger is hoped to incentivize the audience to return to see how the characters resolve the dilemma. The 1914 film serial Perils of Pauline was shown in bi-weekly installments and ended with a cliffhanger.

McGuffin- A MacGuffin is a plot device used in films or books that sets the characters into motion and drives the story. A MacGuffin is an object, idea, person, or goal that the characters are either in pursuit of or which serves as motivation for their actions. Usually, the MacGuffin is revealed in the first act.

foreshadowing- Foreshadowing is a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing is useful for creating suspense, a feeling of unease, a sense of curiosity, or a mark that things may not be as they seem.

POV- Point of view shots give audiences a view from a character’s perspective by positioning the camera right where the character’s eyes would be. These shots cast an illusion of access to a character’s inner life, which makes POV shots very popular in TV and film.

casualty- Like “victim,” “casualty” means someone who has been hurt or killed, but the difference is in the cause. If that person has been harmed in a war or accident, then they are a “casualty.”

in media reis- In medias res is a latin phrase meaning “in the midst of things.” It’s used as a literary term to describe when a story opens with the character already in the middle of things—whether it’s a high octane car chase or a group of friends’ discovery of a dead body, this narrative technique captures the audience’s 

masterplot- A classic reference work for more than sixty years, Masterplots analyzes the most important works in all genres-long fiction, short fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction-throughout history and around the world, helping to define and critique the literary canon.

narrative hook- A hook is an opening statement (which is usually the first sentence) in an essay that attempts to grab the reader’s attention so that they want to read on.

plot twist- A plot twist is a sudden and unexpected change in the direction or outcome of a story that surprises and challenges the reader.

narrative- Narrative film: A fictional or fictionalized story. As opposed to documentaries (non-narrative films). Classical Hollywood narrative: A specific storytelling structure developed in early American cinema that has become the norm for narrative film.

naratology- NARRATOLOGY EXAMINES THE WAYS that narrative structures our perception of both cultural artifacts and the world around us. The study of narrative is particularly important since our ordering of time and space in narrative forms constitutes one of the primary ways we construct meaning in general.

Todorov- Todorov posited that all narratives contain equilibrium, disequilibrium, recognition, resolution, and new equilibrium. “Logical and artistic necessity” mandates these formal similarities. Narrative, Todorov suggests, is a language that humans are conditioned to speak.

levi-strauss- Levi Strauss, a French anthropologist in the 1900s, proposed a theory of ‘binary opposites’ which entails that the majority of narratives in media forms such as books and film contain opposing main characters. These binary opposites help to thicken the plot and further the narrative; and introduce contrast.

campell heros journey- Monomyth: The Hero’s Journey. Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth, developed in Hero With A Thousand Faces, describes the common heroic narrative in which a heroic protagonist sets out, has transformative adventures, and returns home. It is a useful formula for comparing literary traditions across time and culture.

barthes narrative codes- Those five narrativecodes are; hermeneutic code, proairetic code, cultural code, connotative code, and symbolic code. This study applies qualitative research design to analyze the source of data.

realist mode- an example of realist mode is in the movie Moonlight, when Chiron hit the bully over the head with a chair, this is realist mode because we are on a POV shot. we are on the level of if we were sat on one of the class chair watching it happen when everyone else did.

expressive mode- an example of expressive mode is when we watched the movie Trainspotting, when he lost his pills and shot down the toilet. this is expressive because this did not actually happen, he did not go all the way into the toilet he just dunked his head in to find those pills.

Eisenstein- he mixed both of them in the movie strike, when he compared the workers to circus bears. this is a mix of both because it is not realist but it is about real people in real life, the bears are walking in chains but so are the workers. another example is when he put the distressed bear in chains, then it cuts to the scene of the workers working away in the factory.

the realism in Casablanca was very high because they used a lot of natural lighting and they also used natural environments.

the visual style in Casablanca was very natural because they didn’t use any effects to change anything in the film they kept it as realistic as possible

there was parts in the film where the lighting was low because the mood and atmosphere was low as well.

the sound in Casablanca.

there was always faint music in the background, from a live pianist and live singers in the bar.

the dialogue is overpowering from the music and you can hear he characters very well.

there was sometimes a faint sound of a plane flying over the top of the building because people are leaving to go to America

there was a sound of cars frequently to scare everyone that it might be the police arriving