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ELEMENTS
CCOPSSS
CCOPSSS
Characters
Cause and effect
Opening and closing sequence
Point of view
Setting
Storylines
Structure of time
CCOPS
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CHARACTER
DEVELOPMENT
Looking at the Media Study Design Key Knowledgewe need tounderstand the"nature
and function of and relationships between story elements in fictional media
narrative,including:establishment and development of and relationships
betweencharacters."
It is important to understand that this element is NOT character motivation - that comes
under cause and effect.
We need to look at a few things with the element
establishment of relationships
development of relationships between characters.
Establishment refers to how the characters / relationships are introduced. Think about
the first few scenes with these characters together.
How are CAMELS used to represent the characters? What clues does this give to
theaudience?
The development refers to how relationships grow over the narrative. Is there a key
moment / scene that changes therelationship?
The best thing to do is to pick a couple of character relationships and follow them
through the film text we study.
Key points to think about:
How, when and where do we meet theprotagonistand the antagonist?
What is the relationship between the protagonist and antagonist at the start of the film?
How does this change? Is there a key scene where their relationship changes?
Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954)
How are we introduced to all the characters?
How is Jefferies introduced?
What does he represent?
Describe his relationship with the other characters.
https://youtu.be/CC7rzCzJ5cg
The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)
How are we introduced to The Joker?
What does he represent? What kind of character is he?
Describe the relationship he has with the other clowns.
What production elements are used to show The Joker?
https://youtu.be/0OYBEquZ_j0
https://youtu.be/yZxs_jGN7Pg
EXAMPLE RESPONSE:
CHARACTER
In The Sixth Sense the production element of CAMERA is used
We need to not only look at just the opening but how the film develops from this
opening and how these ideas are resolved at the end of the film. Some narrative films
don't resolve all ideas at the end of the narrative. This is to leave the audience open to
think and reflect upon what the further possibilities are of the characters.
https://youtu.be/3RAkY4R691E
In the opening sequence of Hot Fuzz it's difficult to ignore notice the use of camera
(keep an eye out for the use of whip pans - really fast camera panning). The opening
of this film also offers an interesting look at how to establish a character quickly.
How is the character introduced to the audience?
What Production Elements are used to help the audience understand this character?
Within any films we have the major setting - this could be as big as the city
where the story takes place. Within this bug setting we have sub settings -
this could include character's houses or workplaces.
Setting and location are different things: The Dark Knight is set in Gotham
but the filming location is Chicago.
https://youtu.be/4uABsht2bgY