Showing posts with label film grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film grammar. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

ANALYZING 'CAST AWAY' & 'THE TERMINAL': ON DISCOVERING A COMMON THREAD...

Hi Friends,

As we 'March' onward,let's begin this month's post on the subject of story structures as I take up two such films for discussion that are distinct yet similar in their premise, narrative and plot-line. 

Some of you who are regulars on my blog might recall that I had written a post drawing parallels between The Ten Commandments and Gladiator vis-a-vis their story structure, plot-line and characterization.And this time around the two films That I have earmarked for this study are - Cast Away and The Terminal. 

Offhand,the only link that's obvious and comes to our mind this instant at the mention of these two films is the principal actor-Tom Hanks,who portrays two different characters-Chuck Noland and Viktor Navroski so convincingly that in my view deserved a few awards (especially in Cast Away) for his heart-rending performance.

But hold on...there's more than just the actor that connects the two films if only you trained your eyes to observe, study and decipher story-structures! And as I draw comparisons within the context and framework of their story structures,you'd realize how similar they indeed are at the end of the day.

However,before I make my five point observation on the two films,here's a brief synopsis for the benefit of those who have not watched it yet.

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