GENERIQUE "INTOUCHABLES" (EDIT) 2011
Film Name: The Intouchables
Made: 2011
Directed: Eric Toledano, Oliver Nakache.
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Setting: Paris (both suburbs and central)
Time Scale: The film is all a flashback to their past (time not specified)
Sequence:
-Prior to the sequence beginning, Driss is driving Philippe 's Maserati at high speed. They are then chased through the streets by the police, and eventually cornered. Driss claims the quadriplegic Philippe must be urgently driven to the emergency room; Philippe pretends to have a stroke.
-During the sequence the fooled Police are escorting the pair to the hospital.
-The order of events is significant to the story telling because despite the fact that you only see them driving to the hospital it is clear that there has been an encounter with the police escorting them prior to the sequence and highlights there must be a reasoning for this.
-During the sequence two main characters are introduced, Philippe the quadriplegic, which is highlighted through the actors movements, and Driss, who in the opening sequence is depicted as his helper due to the fact that he is driving Philippe, someone that is in need of help, around.
-Despite there only being one action during the sequence you are able to understand a lot about the scenario of the film. For example, through the juxtaposition of the upbeat lively music and the story on screen (disabled man being escorted to hospital) the audience can realise that the film is most likely to be a comedy not tragedy as otherwise the music would have been darker and much more serious to accompany the pictures on screen. Aswell as this, we can also see that Driss and Philippe have come from extremely different backgrounds due to their different ethnicities, clothes (Driss is wearing a hod die and leather jacket. Philippe is wearing a shirt and long formal jacket).
-However it is clearly withheld who's car it is and the reason as to why they are traveling to the hospital. But through breaking down the scene we can estimate that the car is most-likely to be Philippe, due to his possibly higher wealth status.
- I also think that the use of split screen is also extremely effective, especially when they are driving in the car as it enables the director to connote where they are going and who they are at the same time and also works nicely with the title graphics that come up on the black.
-The title sequences sets up enigmas for the audience as they have many questions left half answered and encourages the audience to carry on watching.
Made: 2011
Directed: Eric Toledano, Oliver Nakache.
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Setting: Paris (both suburbs and central)
Time Scale: The film is all a flashback to their past (time not specified)
Sequence:
-Prior to the sequence beginning, Driss is driving Philippe 's Maserati at high speed. They are then chased through the streets by the police, and eventually cornered. Driss claims the quadriplegic Philippe must be urgently driven to the emergency room; Philippe pretends to have a stroke.
-During the sequence the fooled Police are escorting the pair to the hospital.
-The order of events is significant to the story telling because despite the fact that you only see them driving to the hospital it is clear that there has been an encounter with the police escorting them prior to the sequence and highlights there must be a reasoning for this.
-During the sequence two main characters are introduced, Philippe the quadriplegic, which is highlighted through the actors movements, and Driss, who in the opening sequence is depicted as his helper due to the fact that he is driving Philippe, someone that is in need of help, around.
-Despite there only being one action during the sequence you are able to understand a lot about the scenario of the film. For example, through the juxtaposition of the upbeat lively music and the story on screen (disabled man being escorted to hospital) the audience can realise that the film is most likely to be a comedy not tragedy as otherwise the music would have been darker and much more serious to accompany the pictures on screen. Aswell as this, we can also see that Driss and Philippe have come from extremely different backgrounds due to their different ethnicities, clothes (Driss is wearing a hod die and leather jacket. Philippe is wearing a shirt and long formal jacket).
-However it is clearly withheld who's car it is and the reason as to why they are traveling to the hospital. But through breaking down the scene we can estimate that the car is most-likely to be Philippe, due to his possibly higher wealth status.
- I also think that the use of split screen is also extremely effective, especially when they are driving in the car as it enables the director to connote where they are going and who they are at the same time and also works nicely with the title graphics that come up on the black.
-The title sequences sets up enigmas for the audience as they have many questions left half answered and encourages the audience to carry on watching.
Very good work so far Amber. You have shown very good analytical skill and understanding of narrative. However, your opening sequence work would have been clearer if you just focussed on the opening narrative events without reference to the film as a whole - we do not know anything about either character and very few clues are actually given.
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