narrative+wide

=narrative studies= examinations and internal studies(semiotics home 3.2 )

=media studies wide reading: film=

WiDE READING on film  Four bullet points:

1) **The double plotline ** . \  one convention of Hollywood narrative cinema. The assortment of characters and the twists are often squeezed down to the two sorts of plotlines we find in most studio films: a line of action involving heterosexual romance and a second line of action, sometimes another romance but just as often involving work. The common work/ family tension of contemporary film plotting is to some extent built into the Hollywood system.  ( Bordwell )

2 ) Contemporary form __** Independent/Low Budget/Short & developing or new nation cinema Experimental Film Convergence – Film/TV/games/internet **__

 See Audience transmedia  example. the story of GREY GARDENS

read: contemporary debates
 * [|A'level G325 Contemporary Debates] (1)

// 3) There is always room for surprise in films . e.g the sucess of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE //  //Slumdog Millionaire// was nominated for ten [|Academy Awards in 2009] and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, including [|Best Picture], [|Best Director], and [|Best Adapted Screenplay]. It also won seven [|BAFTA Awards] (including [|Best Film]), five [|Critics' Choice Awards], and four[|Golden Globes].  Poster. //**Slumdog Millionaire**// is a 2008 [|British film] directed by [|Danny Boyle], written by [|Simon Beaufoy], and co-directed in India by [|Loveleen Tandan].[|[2]] It is an adaptation of the novel //[|Q & A]// (2005) by [|Indian author] and diplomat [|Vikas Swarup]. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of [|Jamal Malik], a young man from the [|dharavi] [|slums]of[|Mumbai] who appears on the Indian version of //[|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]// (//[|Kaun Banega Crorepati]// in the [|Hindi] version) and exceeds people's expectations, thereby arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials.  After its world premiere at [|Telluride Film Festival] and later screenings at the [|Toronto International Film Festival] and the[|London Film Festival],[|[3]] //Slumdog Millionaire// initially had a limited North American release on 12 November 2008, to critical acclaim. It later had a nationwide grand release in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2009 and in the United States on 23 January 2009.[|[4]] It premiered in Mumbai on 22 January 2009.[|[5]] It was released on [|DVD] and[|Blu-ray] in the United States on 31 March 2009.[|[6]] go to narrative 3.2 assessment <span style="color: #e05c5c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">4) Films connect to cultural history - e.g <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #555555; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">**James Dean:** James Dean became the icon of the 1950s teenage angst, a cult perfectly reflected in the title of his second film, Rebel Without a Cause

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