l ondon montage is a display of renton’s character and how it bleeds through his narration: he’s not a reliable narrator and the frenzy and fast-paced nature of the london montage depicts how he views london stark contrast to prior scenes is this positive vibrant look on life we see into his new life and job, and the speed matches the way we see london (proof of narration embodying his view on life we see that even his honest to god real job is still ‘cheating’ as we see him hiding the complete truth and lying to consumers (which is part of the job but) perhaps this is parts of the job he likes and/or familiar with and that’s why he enjoys it regardless, he is finally finding happiness in what he’s doing which was the choice to move away from his friends ‘there’s no such thing as society.. ‘ still acknowledges that he is alienated from the rest of world which is. contradictory to what he shows: he’s seen around so many people so perhaps this is his own minor insecuriti...
One week meaning is created in the frame itself, rather than through editing or cuts editing is extremely minimal, as invisible as possible, only present when completely necessary editing used is all for functional purposes rather than to create meaning; for example the opening shot cuts briefly to a close up of a new character before cutting to another long take of them getting in the car. so used to advance the plot rather than have an effect on how the audience view the events. the framing fits the size of the joke, mostly wide shots to show all the action happening, closest shot is the medium shot towards the end majority of, if not all Keaton's emotions and expressions are expressed through exaggerated body language and movement size contrast is as a comedic effect - Keatons small stature is used to an advantage vs tall fatty man Keaton uses several silent comedy conventions - stuns, falls, special effects, chase sequences, set design, using mis en scene for jokes breaks 4th...
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ReplyDeletehese are great, insightful comments, Eden- well done!
ReplyDeletePlease do another blog where you put this into at least 2 paragraphs answering the question:
How David Lynch uses film techniques to portray ordinary life as nightmarish?
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