Examples of Production/story elements: Narrative Flashcards
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Camera techniques and quality of film in collateral (6)
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- shallow depth of field zoom in on Vincent
- Max and Annie talk, at start single close ups. As soon as connection formed (max makes joke), two heads in one shot.
- Max and Vincent, single head shots until Vincent pays and connection is formed, at the end of the first cab trip after their conversation
- Filmed on Sony HDW-F900, picks up dark
- moving shots of fanning at the start
- When Max talks to guards at the club, it is a high angle on max/low angle on guards to show that Max is powerless. However changes
2
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Acting in Collateral (5)
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- Start, Max = Quiet, reserved, not confident, weak, peaceful, intelligent, caring
- After confronted by Mexican dude (acting as Vincent) = Gains confidence, anger and swagger
- Max = aggravated after Vincent killing detective
- When finds out Annie if on the hit list, Max = Courageous saving the damsel in destress
- Vincent = serious, all business, upfront, assertive, philosophical. Remains the same, always routine that’s why gets killed, tries to do two and one shot through door.
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Mise en scen in collateral (6)
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- Vincent, costume = Grey suit, business man, high income, represents grey philosophy on life
- Max, costume = tracksuit and hoodie, laid back, low income
- Annie, costume, skirt/suit, lawyer as max guessed
- Hotel lobby scene, dead security guard showing Vin killed him. Info on past events.
- silver Taxis, the philosophy of the film
- multicultural newspapers
- Silver/orange lights
4
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Editing collateral (3
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- Emotional editing = fast cuts in an action scene
When Vincent is chasing Annie and Max, there are fast - Intellectual = when vincent kills security guard
- narrative = max on phone looking up at building
5
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Lighting collateral (3
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- orange light/white light
- Silver light = bathes character whenever killing happens, eg outside of first hit location, Vin is silver when background is orange, 3rd hit yo homie scene, outside of jazz club silver light on vin 3rd hitVincent comes out and silver light is on him.
- Orange light = safe zone, no killing, e.g. at the start Max exiting taxi depot and when he save Annie
- Expressionistic lighting = unrealistic
6
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Sound collateral (5
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- foley sound of footsteps in airport
- fast paced music after suitcase swap = started
- sad music when Annie leaves cab, however a hip hop beat plays when she returns to the cab to give max her number
- Rock music when intro detective Fanning
- in foot race, music with heavy drum beats
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function of setting collateral (9
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- Exposure to different languages + accents
- city of LA
- Mostly night time
- multicultural LA
- Soccer on the TV
- Asian and hispanic grocery stores, petrol stations and clubs
- Ethnic newspapers
- African speaking male at the start
- Birds eye view establishing shots show its busy LA
8
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Cause and effect collateral (9
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- Max takes Annie for a ride gets to know her as a result she gives him her card and Max saves her at the end of the film.
- Max stops Vincent before walks off to come into cab
- Vin offers $600 for night resulting in film
- Vincent killing the first person but does a sloppy job, leading to the case
- Fanning goes to the crime scene coincidently, resulting in the case
- thugs take Vincent’s brief case, resulting in him killing them
- Vincent kills Daniel the jazz man because he answers a question wrong
- Detective Fanning goes to the club as a result of seeing the video footage
- Max kills vin, coz vin bout to kill Annie
9
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establishment of, and the relationships between characters collateral (6
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- Jason Stathmen, British dude = global scale
- Max= established, doing a puzzle in the newspaper, in his own dream, people arguing looks at post card picture, clean cab driver, speaks spanish, ambitious having a limo dream but not living up to it, cares about the people he works for when he offers the best route for the customers
- Vincent = Grey man, very serious through his dialogue, means business and doesn’t like anyone messing with his work because when Max ran away with his briefcase he yelled in his ear “You are now messing with my work”. Very talented through his killing.
- Annie = on phone business lady, pre occupied about her case as she states to max
- Max + Annie= Max guesses she is a lawyer, Annie opens up to Max in the cab, they become close and they have a little bet with each other, their relation = close. Max calls Annie informing her that she is about to get killed, max saves her from Vincent the skilled killer.
- Max + Vincent = Max picks up Vincent, they have a close conversation and they bond judging of the shot theory, Max works for Vincent all night. Vincent holds the same respect for Max throughout the night with the acceptation of the time Max threw his briefcase off a bridge, however Max changes. Max is scared of Vincent when he finds out that Vincent is a killer, Max gets annoyed at Vincent for luring him into this scenario, and remains annoyed at Vincent for the night. “because you’re good, we’re in this together.”
- Detective Fanning believes Max is innocent, thinks for the people not himself
10
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Relationship between multiple storylines collateral (2
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- The storyline of Annie, connects at the end of the film. established at the start being a lawyer and having a big case, later on in the film we realise Vincent is killing people apart of the big case. to then realise at the end of the film annie is on Vins hit list
- The storyline of detective Fanning, connects mid-end. After the first hit, Fanning goes to see the person that got killed, that is when he follows the Vincent case and eventually crossing paths at the night club.
11
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point/s of view from which the narrative is presented from collateral (3
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- shown from max’s perspective
- film stays with max
- sympathise with max the most through his acting
12
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The opening, development and resolution of the narrative collateral (5
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- Normal beginning = Max performing his job as a Taxi driver
- Rising action = Vincent killing people and detective Fanning is on the case
- Climax = The detective and the FBI get cross paths with the boys. Gun fight at the club
- Falling action = Vincent goes to kill the final client, Annie
- Resolution = Max kills Vincent, Annie is safe
13
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camera techniques and quality of film babadook (4
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- Low angle(ruby)/High angle (Samuel) convo and the same goes with the mum’s and Amelia.
- POV shots through the door hole to show who’s knocking on the door
- Shots from the Babadook’s POV, really fast moving camera to show its supernatural speed
- When Amelia yells at the Babadook, undershot showing superiority
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Acting babadook (5
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- Start, Amelia = stressed, quiet, weak (makes audience sympathise with Amelia)
- after read Babadook book Amelia = aggressive, angry, annoyed, edgy, highly strung
- when possessed = psychopathic, dangerous
- start Samuel = disobedient, hyperactive (makes audience sympathise with Amelia)
- After Babadook comes Samuel = well behaved and very courageous
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mise en scen babadook (6
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- Sam costume = school uniform, blazer showing private school
- Amelia costume =
- car = old
- house = empty and old
- old tv
- old fashioned clothing warn by characters
