His Girl Friday- a narrative around characters with definite traits who want to achieve specific goals
- clash of these characters contrasting traits and conflicting goals propel the story forward
- step-by-step process of cause and effect
- scenes hook into eachother- not in run lola run- alternative
- sounds contribute to the tempo of the scene- in run lola run
North by Northwest
- mystery can serve as merely a pretext for intriguing audience: Hitchcock
- conventional pattern: search, jouenwy, romance
- strict time scheme
- strong emotional feel because of the several POV shots that show subjectivity
- continuous with sound and image get the viewer more invested
Do The Right Thing- appears to be non classic with brief disconnected scenes and a wandering camera and characters with no establish goals
- but the plot makes it a classical film
- the setting unifies the film (neighborhood in Brooklyn)
- characters that appear as a motif also can unify a film
- focuses more on the community so you have the view it as a character
- he establishes space clearly despite quick scene changes
- the contemporary approach to classic hollywood film making (stretched)
- the "social problem film"
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