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Film Studies: Thematic Elements Chapter 2 The Art of Watching Films Joseph M. Boggs Dennis W. Petrie

Thematic Elements Ideas Plot Emotional Effect or Mood Character THEME refers to the unifying central concern of the film, the special focus that unifies the work. Ideas Plot Emotional Effect or Mood Character Style or Texture All five are present in ALL film; but in any given film, one is predominant.

Thematic Elements: PLOT What happens in the film? Adventure stories Detective stories Gladiator Spider-Man Hidalgo Raiders of the Lost Ark Titanic The Fast and the Furious

Thematic Elements: EMOTIONAL EFFECT or MOOD The director creates a highly specialized mood or emotional effect. In such films, it is possible to identify a single mood or emotion that prevails throughout the film. The Shining 40-Year-Old Virgin The Piano Psycho

Thematic Elements: CHARACTER The focus in this type of film is mostly on the character. Although plot is important in such films, what happens is important primarily because it helps us understand the character being developed. What sets these characters apart from ordinary people? A Beautiful Mind Cinderella Man Raging Bull Elizabeth Frida Ray

Thematic Elements: STYLE or TEXTURE OR STRUCTURE These films have a quality that sets them apart—a unique look, feel, rhythm, atmosphere, tone, or organization that echoes in our minds and senses long after we leave the theater. Waking Life The English Patient Fargo Pulp Fiction The Road Home

Thematic Elements: IDEAS In most serious films, the action and characters have a significance beyond the context of the film itself—a significance that helps to clarify some aspect of life, experience, or the human condition. Moral Implications The Truth of Human Nature Social Problems The Struggle for Human Dignity The Complexity of Human Relationships Coming of Age/Loss of Innocence/Growing Awareness A Moral or Philosophical Riddle

Thematic Elements: IDEAS Moral Implications Fight Club Being John Malkovich Crash The Truth of Human Nature Lord of the Flies (1963) Groundhog Day Requiem for a Dream Social Problems Mississippi Burning Dead Man Walking Do the Right Thing

Thematic Elements: IDEAS The Struggle for Human Dignity Million Dollar Baby Rent Schindler’s List The Complexity of Human Relationships The War of the Roses Broke Terms of Endearment A Moral or Philosophical Riddle Fight Club

Thematic Elements: IDEAS Coming of Age/Loss of Innocence/Growing Awareness About a Boy Finding Nemo Sixteen Candles Billy Elliot

Thematic Elements: IDEAS Billy Elliot (2000) Director: Stephen Daldry Jamie Bell…Billy Elliot Jean Heywood…Grandma Jamie Draven…Tony Elliot (brother) Gary Lewis…Dad (Jackie Elliot) Setting: The 1984 Miners Strike in England Brief Synopsis: A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.