Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Narration

I intend to use narration in my short film so I did some research into it, I wanted to see different examples of narration in feature films.

A Narrator is, within any story, the non-fictional or fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character.

"American Beauty" this film is narrated by the main character Lester Burnham, although he looks back over his life because as he reveals in the opening scene (seen below) he is in fact dead whilst narrating this.



"Kick-Ass" This film is narrated by the main character, there is a scene within this film where he is being beaten up and he is narrating it. Speaking directly to the audience acknowledging that as he is speaking over the action now he must survive it.



"Perks of Being a Wallflower" based on a book, the film follows Charlie who narrates the film through letters to a friend.

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