Narrative analysis and THE LOOKOUT
Friday, April 15, 2011
Continue our discussion of narrative and The Lookout. How would you outline the structure of this film? Which of the narrative forms from Edgar-Hunt does the film most closely follow?
Continue our discussion of narrative and The Lookout. How would you outline the structure of this film? Which of the narrative forms from Edgar-Hunt does the film most closely follow?
To practice semiotics, choose one sign that the film makers in either case use to show how Leonard or Chris orient themselves in time and space. Break that sign down into its main components, signifier and signified, or take your analysis even further by discussing the sign in terms of its denotative and connotative meanings and/or what kind of sign it is - metaphorical, metonymic, synecdochical.
Use this space for a general discussion of The Lookout.
Here are the images from The Lookout for the 5/45/85 assignment.
At five minutes:
At forty-five minutes:
At eighty-five minutes:
Here are keywords and questions to think about as we view The Lookout (2007).