Chinatown Story Analysis

Story Analysis

* Narration. Who’s telling the story? Is it a voice-over narrator? Why him or her? Or does the story “tell itself,” like most plays?
* Who’s the implied narrator of such stories, the guiding hand in the arrangement of the narrative’s separate parts?
* What do the spectators supply to the story?
* What information do we provide in order to fill the narrative gaps?
* How is time presented- chronologically or subjectively rearranged through flashback ad other narrative disjunctions? Is it realistic, classical, or formalistic?
* What genre, if any? What phase of the genre’s evolution?
* What does the movie say about the social context and period that it was made in?
* What does the narrative embody mythical concepts or universal human traits?


Well, my answer to the first question is: In Chinatown, I don't think anyone told the story. I think the story basically told itself. It didn't really need a "story teller".
My answer to the second question is that I think, usually, the main character is the narrator.

Chinatown Presentation

Write a reflection that the addresses the following:

1. Reflect on what you felt where the strengths of your presentation:

* Quality of research question and definition of characteristic
* Choice of Examples
* Connection to Film Noir
* Use of key terms/ filmic langauage

2. Reflect on what you felt you could have improved or needed clarification on.

* The design and presentation of your material
* Your understanding of the concepts and Film Noir and Chinatown

3. Reflect on your overall understanding of Film Noir and Chinatown.
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My reflection on the strengths of our presentation is that I think our definition of our

Short film

So, I went on YouTube to look for animated short films, and I found this one called: Grocery Store Wars. It's a short playoff of Star Wars (obviously you can probably tell from the name) and all the characters are vegetables and dairy products. XD. Instead of "star ships" there are grocery baskets and shopping carts shooting at each other with laser beams. Luke is called "young cuke" (short for cucumber), and Obi Wan is called Obi Wan Kanollie...? (i have no idea what that is...), instead of "The Force", it's called "The Ways Of The Farm". The story is that the market has been taken over by the "Dark Side of the Farm", "an empire of pollution and pesticides".

The URL for the short film is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrIyEu6h_E