Wednesday 2 October 2013

Critical Thinking Session

How are the messages, myths & ideas explored in the Narrative of Amelie & Pans Labrynth different?

Amelie and Pans Labrynth both behold comparisons against each other when relating it to how the messages,myths, & ideas are explored in their narratives, in addition to that they also clearly contrast in relation to these subjects.
For example, the clear contrast between Amelie and Pans Labrynth is the fact that one is a French film, whilst the other is a Spanish film, therefore they would both be obtaining very different messages vaules. Taking Amelie for example, the message and value of this film is the hyper-real, fantasised imagery of Paris in comparison to the less attractive more realistic suburbs that we see in movies like La Haine. Moreover, the narrative for Amelie has been explored in the narrative for the film as Amelie follows all clear symptoms of a Classic Hollywood Narrative (3 Act Structure, Cause & effect, etc) , therefore the use of this CHN and the involvement of clear Propp Theory within Amelie, this reinforces the myth of Paris being the fairy-tale like land that its perceived as.