Drive Analysis By Sina Hadgu

Drive - Film Analysis.

Drive is a film that keep's you on the edge of your seat for every second of every minute.  From the intensity of the car chasing, the intense murder scenes to the brief love story the male character lead (Ryan Gosling) shares for female lead Irene (Carey Mulligan). This film is a visual roll coaster. As it begins with the camera gently panning towards a map with a compass on it which we shortly find out is a map for a robbery getaway that the nameless character that Ryan Gosling in drive plays a curious character with a dark secret, who by day is a movie stunt man but as soon as the phone rings for an illegal ‘pick up’ he’s there to make sure who ever hires him from the criminal underworld get away Scot free.

I loved the character that Ryan Gosling played in this film. In every film i have ever watched the characters always portray their emotions and thoughts through words, however the character of Ryan gosling in drive couldn't have been more emotionally locked if he tried. Normally I would hate this in a film, I always enjoy seeing how a character progresses and matures as a character by what they say, however in this film dialogue wasn't really used and I loved it. Throughout the entire film, the camera was reluctant to leave Ryan Gosling’s face and I’m not surprised, because of the very little dialogue that was used in Drive it was critical that his facial expressions be the dialogue of the film instead. The entire film was so interesting to watch, from the cleverly used parallel editing, to the love triangle that the character that Ryan gosling had with his neighbour Irene and the loyalty she felt she needed to keep towards her ex con husband who coincidentally is the reason why they got so close in the first place, but he’s also the reason why they both had to keep their distance from one another after he’d been let out of jail, however that didn't stop the fearless stunt man protecting Irene and her son no matter what danger he was put in.

I’m not one for action films, I prefer my Rom-com’s, however I will gladly admit that this film with its’ unusual use of dialogue to the grueling violent scenes kept my eyes on the screen the entire time and I loved it and will defiantly recommend it to a friend.

Narrative & Memento Analysis By Sina Hadgu

Narrative

What is a a narrative? Narrative is a chain of events that has a beginning, middle and end that embodies a judgement about the nature of events.

Narrative is the art of storytelling:

• Think of the story as the raw ingredients of a text
• Narrative is the methodology of how its put together
• Then the narrator or the producer of the text cooks it in a certain direction.

Narrative techniques: Alternative narrative, Enigma, Climax, Equilibrium

Narrative + plot + story

•Plot = everything visibly and audibly present in the text; what the reader observes.

•Story = all events of the narrative, both explicit and implicit – what the reader understands.

•Narrative is a chain of events in a cause and effect relationship in time and space.

Different types of narrative:

Single strand -This just means that it's having a storyline that has one main story e.g. The Fault In Our Stars and Juno are single strand narratives.

Multi strand -A multi - Strand narrative are basically several stories or characters in one film/TV show. Examples of these are Soaps, such as Eastenders & Emmerdale are also in the multi strand narrative structure.

Closed

Open

Linear

Non-linear

Alternative narrative-"This means what the norm is".

Enigma-An enigma means the mystery and the clue to the storyline

Climax- A climax is the big reveal or buildup of the problem regarding the story or the solution.

Equilibrium -This means that when its at the point o the story where everything is okay e.g. the guy gets the girl = happy ending or the bad guy is dead so no one else will get murdered.

Stories are rarely told in real time, instead they are broken down into scenes or sequences

Memento

Momento is a great film as it's a non chronological film (non-linear). Guy Pearce plays a character who has a disease where he can remembers his past, however he's unable to make new memories. He is