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ASSIGNMENT 6: SIMPLE FILM NARRATIVE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS By Monae Minors-Gibbs

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Page 1: Assignment 6:Simple film narrative structure analysis

ASSIGNMENT 6: SIMPLE FILM NARRATIVE

STRUCTURE ANALYSISBy Monae Minors-Gibbs

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Salt Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent A Russian spy comes in and

informs that the President of Russia will be assassinated during a visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President.

The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt

Concerned about the safety of her husband, she goes on the run.

Her boss Ted Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to assume that she is.

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Has the institution created a text with a conventional (stereotypical)

narrative structure?

Yes, this linear structure had a chronological order of the:

Beginning (Set up) Middle (Conflict) End (Resolution)

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Explain how the film is narrative implicit or explicit(clearly expressed)?

Explicit narrative reason Explicit narrative evidence

There's a clear beginning that gets the audience into storyThe audience are relaxed and settling into the film

Clear chronological order of the flashbacks

The middle had conflict Explosions ShootingsAnd chases

The end shows her escape Running in the woodsBut leaves the audience contemplating of what may happen next

This shows they are both happily married at first.

This shows the husband is sticking by her.

Screen grabs shows her husband being shot and watching it happen.

This shows salt making her next move.

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How the film uses conventional narrative structure (Act 1)

Evelyn Salt – 1st scene

Salt & her husband

Orlov Oleg Vassily is the Russian man (bad guy)

•Trying to convince that she is not a spy•Why is she being beaten up? •Sets up the story for the audience

•She's being let loose •Her husband is waiting for her •Trigger the audience thoughts of what will happen now

•Happy relationship•Everything seems to be going good•The audience feels satisfied

•He (the bad guy) tells a story •Audience wonders why a story

Act 1 (Set-up)The beginning sets up the movie.

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Orlov Oleg Vassily story Evelyn Salt against the CIA agents

•He's getting a flashback while telling his story •When his story finishes he confesses Evelyn Salt is the assassin•The other CIA agents are confused as the computer says he's telling the truth

•She was forced to stay in a room but escapes after a destruction with Orlov Oleg Vassily •She makes a quick explosion to get out •This is the start of a crisis

Continued ..

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Russian vice president attack

A Russian kills Salt’s husband

Evelyn Salt

•She make an explosion at the funeral •she gets arrested •The audience think that she's captured

•The Russians killed her husband •This scene makes it dramatic•The audience feel sorrow

•Salt gets revenge •Kills all the Russian there and Orlov Oleg Vassily •Eye opener for the audience as she manages by herself

Act 2 (conflict)The crisis are happening

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The other CIA agent Salt kills the agent

•This agent was a Russian and had the same plan •This gets the audience confused

•She attacks again shockingly •Salt kills the false agent •The audience are shocked

Continued ..

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The boss Ted lets Salt free Evelyn Salt still alive

•A big escape out of a plane •Audience begin to question if she survives

•She's still alive•The audience is happy that she's alive •Still questioning her next move

Act 3 (end)The survival

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Why have the film makers used this conventional structure?

The structure is easier to follow Makes a lot of money Enjoyed better for the audience when

used to a certain structure

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What impact does this have on the audience?

They would have enjoyed the structure

Felt satisfied/happy about watching the film

They would have been confused May have thought some was

predictable

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What audience expectations have they established or challenged by

using this structure?-Challenged ending: Audience left uncertain of if she kills the rest If she survived through the woods Let the audience communicate of to what would

of happened Salt left with no husband-Established action conventions: Car chase Long running chase Big explosion (e.g. funeral, killing Russians) The relationship between a man and woman