Diegetic Material And Other Film Techniques

s the character is physically interacting with the events and objects. Another example occurs when the actual film that physically is the movie appears to skip or misproject itself during the movie. This leaves the main character’s body split onto separate frames on screen. In this example and the others the main character is continuously talking and complaining to the animator about the events. This film blurs diegetic and non-diegetic material by taking these events and objects, which are not part of the plot and story, and making them a vital part of the story and the main characters world.

5) Film watchers attribute four types of meanings to film. These types include referential, explicit, implicit and symptomatic. I feel all of these movies have a largely implicit meaning. Implicit meanings are the themes and deeper meanings beyond what was shown that were implied in a film. All the full-length feature film we viewed in class (The Last of the Mohicans, High Fidelity, Jacobs Ladder, Memento) all dealt with one specific theme; love and the lengths that the main male characters in all these film go to defend love. In The Last of the Mohicans, the main character Nathaniel falls in love with and fights through a Huron attack to protect and save his object of affection, Cora, from capture and certain death. In the film High Fidelity, Rob wants to have a successful love life, which causes a spell of self-reflection and eventually leads him to pursue, get back with, and form a deeper appreciation for his love interest, Laura. In Jacob’s Ladder, the main character Jacob has such a deep love for his life, his wife, and his deceased child that he has to battle demons in his dying fantasy world. Inevitably, through this mental torment and the realization that he is in this pre-death fantasy, he becomes reunited with his beloved son. In Memento, Leonard struggles through his own inability to form new long-term memories to avenge what he believes to be his deceased wife’s death and to horror her love by killing his wife’s murderer.

6) In film, motifs are any significant element that is either seen or heard that is repeated in the film. The can be visual or auditory, which includes specific images, sounds, or colors. They can also include any particular rhythm or pattern present in the film. An example of a motif would be how Leonard continually talks about one of his former assignments as an insurance investigator where he met a man named Sammy Jenkins. Leonard continually reminds himself through a tattoo to remember Sammy Jenkins. Sammy had the same condition that Leonard has. Leonard uses Sammy as an example of a man who could not function with his condition and it is a motivator to him to continually understand and remind himself of Sammy’s mistakes to function in his own life. The film goes beyond Leonard speaking of this man; the filmmakers use visual motifs of Leonard’s tattoo that says “Remember Sammy Jenkins” and of Sammy himself struggling with the condition. These constant and reoccurring elements are motifs in the film. Parallels differ; they are elements of a film that have similarities and can be compared and contrasted. Sammy and Leonard in Memento have obvious similarities. The both suffered from the same condition that caused them the inability to form new memories. However, unlike Sammy, Leonard has established an order to his life through repetition, taking notes, and permanently reminding himself of key points in his life through tattooing. He also has a main purpose to his life to find his wife’s killer. Sammy did not have a motivating factor like Leonard and did not establish routine into his life, which caused him to spend out his days living in an institution. A parallel does not have to be a repea

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