The director, Christopher Nolan, employs certain filming techniques which highlight narrative continuity and rupture to encourage multiple viewings of the film and hence an active and in-depth viewing by the audience. ... It is through these disorientating techniques that Nolan leaves the field wide open for viewers to construct their own individual interpretation of events. Narrative continuity is essential in creating order and establishing sequential events. ... Narrative rupture within Memento encourages an active spectatorship and multiple viewings. ... Both of these filming techniq...

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Explore how your chosen short story uses the elements of narrative to [engage] you as the reader: Narrative elements are importantly employed and developed throughout a text to further engage and develop the ideas and issues behind a text to the reader. ... In order to do so, authors employ certain elements of narratives to further develop the reader's engagement and understanding of such a text. Through such techniques is the author able to engage the reader by drawing on the reader's context to further develop their conception of the issues and meanings presented in the text. ...

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Narrative peculiarities in Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway- This essay (that I would rather consider as an analysis) will deal with the narration, narrator and narrative techniques of V. ... One more aspect which I further in the text will consider more deeply is the technique of the stream of consciousness that (together with an omniscient narrator, the conventional order of chronology) she, similarly as Henry James (the father and starter of this SOC technique??... Definition of Narrator; multiplicity of narrative voices. ... Some narratives will employ several different narrators ( - "...

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Soviet filmmaker-theorists not only wanted to capture reality but also to change it - and found the powerful tool of montage, close ups and editing techniques to multiply visual impact. ... Early Soviet cinema was less concerned with narrative than early cinema in other countries, but great attention was given to the composition of shots. ... The Odessa Steps sequence in "Potemkin- is one of the most famous examples of his celebrated montage technique, building both drama and significance purely through juxtaposition of shots. ... Kuleshov's first experiments included linking of sh...

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1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this report was to critically analyse and evaluate Hieronymus Bosch's artistic style and to understand his technique of narrative, needed to create an environment that depicts an interpretation of the word Ethics. 1.2 Scope The report investigates the artist's life, his philosophy and style reflected through one of his works from his late work phase: The Garden of Earthly Delights. ... This is depicted through continuos narrative. ... He painted much faster with using the oil technique, than his contemporaries, resulting in the fr...

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In Miss Brill, a short story by Katherine Mansfield, the reader can identify Mansfield's view on Miss Brill through the literary techniques the author uses; narrative intrusion, subtlety, and limited omniscience. Narrative intrusion is the first technique used by Mansfield. ... Another literary technique Mansfield uses is limited omniscience. ... Mansfield, however, incorporates another view of Miss Brill using this technique. ... By using techniques such as narrative intrusion, limited omniscience and subtlety, Mansfield can manipulate her true attitude towards Miss Brill and make the ...

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Salty taste of summer for Neptune's children Megan Jacobson's speech explores many powerful techniques and ideas, which collide together to form a very descriptive, powerful and inspirational narrative, that won her the Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year 2001. The purpose of the narrative made by Megan Jacobson was to entertain the general public and to enjoy. ... In the last paragraph of the narrative there are a number of techniques used to finish the story off with a bang. ... Nothing during the narrative had any negative values to it and that is one reason why t...

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Soderbergh uses many different film techniques and styles included in the mise-en-scene, the cinematography, the editing, and the sound create the desired effects and accomplish the narrative of the film. ... The same technique is used when Wilson primarily introduces himself to Roel and the camera shoots from one to the other. ... Ed Lachman who comprises "The Limey's" cinematography using various techniques and styles. ... The narrative of "The Limey" is shown through four factors; mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound. ... These four factors individually contribute to the na...

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Wimberly This text provided me with a new technique for pastoral care and counseling. ... After reading this text, I became aware of how natural the use of personal narrative can be. In fact, it is something I have done many times in my own work, although I did not know it was actually a recognized "technique". ... A crisis causes an interruption and change in the life narrative of a person. ... Finally, Wimberly shares various other models of counseling which use the narrative approach. ...

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The naive narrative technique gives the animals' perspective, showing us that they notice things but don't really get it or necessarily observe it. ... Orwell's naive use of a narrative voice allows us as readers to be aware of more information than the narrator or any other characters; and using this knowledge to relate back to the historical events of the Russian Revolution. ... This simple retelling of animalistic violence shocks the readers more than if the violence had been told with a more complex narrative voice. ... This narrative technique and use of irony challenges t...

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Some criticisms of Citizen Kane include; its narrative structure is unduly complicated, its technique calls attention to itself and its intellectual content is superficial. ... While some people criticize this unusual structure as unduly complicated I think that the complexity of the narrative adds to the movie. ... Another Criticism of Citizen Kane is that the technique calls attention to itself. ...

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In the passage from the novel Alias Grace by Margret Atwood, the author uses many narrative techniques to convey the feelings and thoughts of the main character Grace Mark. ... The author obviously put a lot of thought and effort into the novel because the imagery is incredible and her narrative techniques convey Grace's unsteady state of mind and obvious delirium. ...

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The techniques that Joyce Carol Oates incorporated throughout "Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been," are ineffective in making this a believable narrative. The one technique the author overused throughout the story is symbolism. ... The other techniques she used was foreshadowing and irony. ... Another technique the author used is irony. ... Is not a credible narrative because of the overuse of some literary techniques. ...

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A successful cinematography technique used in the film "Casablanca," is that of effective and scene-appropriate lighting. Various lighting techniques were employed throughout the masterpiece, most notably during close-up shots of the lead characters, Rick and Ilsa. ... The lighting techniques used throughout Casablanca definitely help to set the overall mood of the characters and the story. ... The many different lighting techniques in the film help to create many different moods and emotions. ... Overall, the varying use of lighting in Casablanca no doubt greatly enhances the overall story, a...

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This essay seeks to discover how Atkinson uses the past, footnotes, setting and her post modernist style as a technique in the treatment of time. The narrative is a common first person narrative, but at the same time, it is very unusual. ... This technique gives Ruby a more "knowing" voice that can see ahead of us but is still unable to share with us the withdrawn knowledge that she is trying to find out herself. ... Atkinson uses footnotes as another technique. ... In Behind the scenes at the museum, Atkinson is able to skilfully and originally bring her all her characters to life using...

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The first part of this study will explore the development history of Computer-generated imagery as well as the Hollywood classical narrative to have a wider picture of narrative before and after the introduction of CGI and the influence this technology on Hollywood and filmmakers. The second section of the essay will concentrate on how CGI has changed the Hollywood classical narrative by looking at the role of CGI to narrative in scenes climax in enriching the value of narrative through the promotion of belief in fictional reality. ... Then, conclusion will be made by bringing together the cr...

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However, it does not, and it is probably due to the skills and techniques by which Lee used to tell her story. The narrative technique employed by Lee in this novel is the first person narrator stance with Jean Louise Finch's (the protagonist's) point of view. By definition, the first-person narrator technique refers to the method that is applied by having a major character relating his or her story. ... This is just one way of how the narrative techniques used by Lee raises the cognition level of her work. ... The structural unity provided by this narrative method has also kept...

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I previously viewed all Renaissance paintings with an uneducated eye, solely viewing them as religious works, which I had no interest in, based upon my lack of understanding of the narratives involved, the stories of patronage or even the difficulties of the techniques used to paint them. ... From the composition, iconography, patronage, architectural representation, and painting techniques, too illustrate the influences of predecessors, images of Masaccio's Trinity are used as teaching aids to represent the Italian Renaissance. The theme is a biblical one, with a three-fold narrative. ....

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For instance, Virginia Woolf did so with the narrative style in order to achieve the earlier mentioned phenomenon, namely to put the reader in a situation related to real life. ... As already mentioned in the beginning, Virginia Woolf uses this narrative technique on purpose because she wants to put the reader in a real life situation where it depends on himself on which accounts he attaches great importance, and consequently what opinion he forms of a certain character. ...

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A 1st person narrative is no more, potentially, unreliable than any other kind of narrative technique (3rd person etc.). ... However, the first person narrative of "Enduring Love" cannot be stereotyped in this way. ... His narrative directly reflects that of scientists and the method in which they examine evidence. ... Joe introduces this overview of the buzzard suggesting that within his own narrative he is trying to be as unbiased as the buzzard would be, striving for the perfect narrative that sees and hears all. ... However, the first person narrative in "Enduring Love", though unreliabl...

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Employs a multiple narrator technique, it uses the varying voices and points of view of a number of characters to examine the life and character of Thomas Sutpen, a tragic figure who tries and fails to build a family dynasty in Yoknapatawpha County. ... The main story pieced together from the various narratives is interesting. ... The narrative structure throughout each chapter jumps back and forth between internal and external, back and forth between different characters' thoughts. Faulkner's use of narrative in Absalom, Absalom! ... is said to contain the most orig...

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This narrative explains what other buyers do that works for them to stop over spending, and it gives the reader a real life example. ... Palmer uses this exact technique in her article as a way of persuading her audience to consider cutting back. ... This strategy is one of the effective strategies that Palmer uses to persuade her audience because the technique focuses on how they admire famous people. ... The use of the narrative story gives the reader a scenario to relate to realistically. Her propaganda technique of using scenarios of celebrities' spending is strategy to explain that e...

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Good commentary must include: - Clear organization - Understanding of literary techniques - Alliteration - Metaphors - she is snow - Onomatopoeia - words that are spelt in a similar way to the sound - Allegory - narrative using symbols - Euphemism - cold slumber (death) - Similes - white as snow (figurative language as opposed to literal language) - Oxymoron - silent scream - Hyperbole - Visual imagery - Personification - the howling wind, dancing grass, smiling moon - Punctuation -Structure - paragraphs - Objectification - opposite of personification - standing like a statue ...

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By using of this technique, Pollan is attempting to attract the reader into his piece. This use of narrative also sets a conversational tone to the article. ... Pollan uses his narrative to establish a back-and-forth argument between him and the animal rights activists. ... His narrative about him going to Polyface Farms helps him find out the way animals should be treated in factory farms. ... Pollan effectively uses his rhetorical techniques to justify eating meat and convincing the reader that we should do something to end animal cruelty....

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Only, thanks to director Stephen Frears" narrative technique, we don't realize this until the credits start to roll. ... Consequently, the main part of the narrative is either flashbacks or direct commentary by Rob to the audience. ... Through the creative narrative techniques of flashbacks and candid monologues, the audience becomes fully engaged in Rob's struggle. ...

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