Week 9

--Multiple Protagonists in Thompson's model:

• Characters either share the same goal or the characters and their stories don't really have an effect on one another, but usually one or two of the characters become the main focus of the structure. The structure is guided by those focused characters' goals.

--"Tightening the Plot":

• Appointments and deadlines are helpful in the foward movement of a film, builds up expectations and anticipations, establishes the film's time scheme, connects scenes more smoothly, and form of foreshadowing.
• Foreshadowing presents an object or information that is repeated later in the film, this forms a connection between the scenes. This helps hold the film together, as does the use of motifs.
• Things that help move the action in the story forward and connects scenes to following scenes helps to tighten the plot.

--Bordwell's meaning of "passages of Overtness balanced with less self-conscious ones.":

• The overtness is in reference to things that "address the audience self-consciously," specifically in the beginning of films and the introduction of new things/places and at the end of films. Either in the written form of info, direct addresses from the narrator or characters on screen. The realization of the audience.
• But then there is a balance of less self-conscious passages too. This is the middle mode of the film, where things don't need to be handed to the viewer. They are less noticeable for the viewer, and they are easier to stay inside the story action.
• Hollywood narrative uses a balance of these.