The narrative concept of POV

Tara 2022-04-21 08:01:09

We compare the many characters in the story to the individual elements in the whole. These elements are relatively independent of each other but there are also times when they intersect (negotiation). We treat each intersection as a point in the space, and let each element move freely among the points (related to it) according to their own timeline, thus forming an orderly time and space, allowing the original story to be told Smash and reorganize into a net rich in another flavor.

If you want to make a metaphor, the general narrative style of the film is like an intact porcelain, while "Elephant" is like a porcelain that has been broken back to its original appearance.

POV is a single-person narrative, but "Elephant" is not a mere POV narrative. It maximizes this narrative style into the characteristics of the image itself. Although "Crash" and "Babel" are similar POV multi-line narratives, the POV of "Elephant" is even simpler.

The authentic story atmosphere created by the documentary style of "Elephant" plays a very important role in the sublimation of the theme; but its POV perspective makes the story more unique and not vulgar.

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Extended Reading
  • Marques 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    There are long shots but no planning and scheduling, just follow behind the scenes, so long that it only feels long~ There are multiple narrative lines but no narrative meaning, any foreshadowing of any character ends in a bullet~ Want to respond to school violence is all around us , and does not have any critical position, but it feels so simple that it looks like a student work~

  • Eloy 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Each character is not really "cared for", but is reduced to a coherence of events that "assembles" different, discrete temporal objects. Whether it is limited to the continuous guidance of the camera’s line of sight by the coherent actions of different individuals in the same space (canteen, library, basement), or the follow-up shots that are closely attached to the same individual to complete the transition between different spaces, “real time” can be constantly emphasized. , the picture equivalent to real time allows the power of silence and death to expand. Therefore, it is a betrayal of characters and a betrayal of time, but it maximizes the fermentation and diffusion of emotions.

Elephant quotes

  • [last lines]

    Alex: Eeney... Meeney... Meiny... Moe... Catch a... Tiger... By its... Toe...

  • Alex: Most importantly, have fun, man.