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