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Spatial Techniques: |
Temporal Techniques: |
| Exposition |
• Changing scope Bigger:
Parallax View, conspiracy stories.
Smaller: "You were expecting maybe..." Wizard of Oz ("the great
and powerful Oz" becomes "that man behind the curtain").
Both these techniques used extensively in STNG*
GRADUAL SHIFT |
• Changing importance Also
used by STNG*, and Hitchcock. Mickey Rooney in a Twilight Zone as a jockey.
* Star Trek the Next Generation
GRADUAL SHIFT |
| Expectation |
• False Connections: Red
herrings The Fugitive (Police siren, raid on house with other fugitive, raid on
house for landlord's son)
ABRUPT SHIFT
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• False progressions:
non-causality The Music Box
ABRUPT SHIFT |
| Context |
• Reveals, or Out of context
experiences (changing spatial relationships)
Mickey's Trailer and many commercials
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE TO
CHANGE MEANING |
• Continuity: Out of sequence
experiences (changing temporal relationships) Betrayal (with Ben Kingsley)
Pulp Fiction
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE TO
CHANGE MEANING |
| Interpretation |
• Reversals: Shifting
context to create surprise meaning Zone: Invaders (Agnes Moorhead), Slaughterhouse
Five (wife driving to hospital), Chinatown (sister/daughter), Homer Simpson and
Sugar Daddy -O. Henry
CHANGING MEANING TO
SHIFT PERSPECTIVE |
• Flashbacks and
flashforwards (sneak previews and postviews) Remains of the Day vs. Interview
with the Vampire
CHANGING MEANING TO
SHIFT PERSPECTIVE |
