Motifs In Movies David Dentino

Table Of Contents 1. The stages of Plot Development 2. Stages of Transitions 3. Dangling causes 4. Dangling causes in in the film 5. Explain Motifs Patterns of 3 motifs Conclusion Work cited

Set Up, Meeting Characters gaining a double goal. Complicating Action, New Direction new situation. Development, Goals Set in Place Antagonizing Climax Epilogue, completed goal

Transition 1 In raiders of the lost ark the movies shifts from set up to complicating action when the bad guy comes in to the bar to see Marian Set up you can see how marian is portrayed as a tough strong woman and you can see indy as the over all hero

Transition 2 Along with compacting action starts a double goal when Indy finds the ark and to find and save Marion prior to Belloq

Transition 3 The final transition is when Marion And Indy get trapped by the Nazis and the open the ark and so the Nazis all die Witch helps Indy complete his double goal He gets the ark and Gets the Girl

Dangling causes You can say foreshowing is a dangling cause It could be the angle of the camera that hits and object and sits they for just long enough for every one to notice it. Or something that may show up one time in the binging and right at the end

Dangling cause Is the key phrase “I Hate snakes “ Indy states this early and when finding the ark it re appears in a cave full of snakes Another is when Marion out drink the man at the bar This shows up again in the tent when she wears the dress and begging's the same thing again

Motif? Something that keeps showing up over and over Motif A reoccurring object,theme,idea

The music Every time Indy enters a room the Theme is played in either up beat tempo or and slow drawn out tempo Same with Marion and the Ark If we do not see the object or person but hear that theme we know that, that is what is going to happen a certain foreshowing

Motif And in Raiders The color Red is shown a lot The whole movie is very gray brown not a lot of color and the color red sticks out in very important times

In conclusion  “ Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark” demonstrates motifs, dangling causes, and plot development  A very great movie if you like the things in movies most people wouldn’t see the first time

Spielberrg, Steven, dir. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Writ. Lawrence Kasdan,George Lucas, and Phillip Kauffman Film.