Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Narrative Structure & Characters: Battle Royale (Fukasaku, 2000)

Please respond to the following questions, with lots of detail, examples and images.


Q1. Produce a 150-250 word synopsis summarising the narrative of Battle Royale  and then produce a logline for the film

Q2. Who are the main characters (up to 5) and what is their a. name, gender and age, b. role and c. dramatic motivation? Do they conform to Propp’s defined character types?


Q3. What genre is the film? What themes does the film exemplify?  

Q4. What happens in each of the three acts? Can you apply the realist / Classical Hollywood Narrative to this film?

Q5. How does this film differ, in regards to narrative, to 'typical' western films and TV shows? Think about characters, dialogue and narrative structures.


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