Monday, 29 September 2014

The film v for vendetta, does not follow a typical Hollywood narrative film structure. This is evidenced by use of stock characters being unclear within the storyline. For example, v could be a villain, hero, dark knight. On the other hand, the film possesses a 3 act structure of equilibrium, disruption, resolution. Which is present in Classic Hollywood films. V doesn't have a direct character to fight and target against, but  an idea that Is portrayed that he doesn't like, which also contradicts the typical Hollywood film structure. Cause and effect is clear within the film. The cause being v being tested on and the effect being v declaring his vengeance by blowing up the parliament buildings. Although the film has a positive end, there is no closure as the audience are still left in the dark. So to conclude, they're are various elements that show how the film conforms to the classic Hollywood narrative, but it could also bend the rules in order to create a sense of warning and realism. 

1 comment:

  1. Your write up identifies the main points of analysis that we discussed in class, however there is none of the 'workings out' - i.e. the evidence of you coming to this conclusion.

    You need to make sure you have identified the various aspects of CHN and how they apply to V in order to put together this argument and which scenes you think reflect this.

    What other stock characters are there for instance?

    WT C

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