Chapter Twenty:
"Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem..."
Difference, Repetition and Similarity
Two films with very different elements can still be classed as the same genre. Take Divergent and Silence Of The Lambs, although both placed in the thriller genre, the films have completely different Mise en Scene, characters and narrative events.
Divergent, Although a thriller it is sub categorized as an action, sci-fi and adventure movie. It is not set in a present day government and costumes, setting, characters and events in the movie are very different to our modern day. The morals of the story aren't applicable to our everyday life.
Much like silence of the lambs we want to discover more about the plot and it keeps us anticipating more.
Silence of the lambs is very different in the fact we can relate it to our present world, The characters are exaggerated but very naturalistic and possible in the plot. It is based in several parts of America and very accurate in location. Unlike Divergent, Silence of the lambs has no romantic elements attached to it at all, it is very much a psychological thriller.
The setting is accurate as we are all aware of what a prison looks like, although it is extreme.
These films are similar in the fact that the audience are always wanting to discover more and read into the plot deeper. There is a protagonist and antagonist, and a major catalytic event is the base of the conflict. The conflict is also often between a male and female character.
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| Eye-line Match shot in DIVERGENT |
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| C.U Of Hannibal Lecter in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS |
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| Over the shoulder shot of Clarice in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS |
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