Narrative events:
- Julian is in the bath
- Gets phone call
- Plot twist – he is with June
- Room service arrive
- He plans how to sneak out
- Goes to car to change top
- Car is locked
- Goes to hall
- Terry drags him into room 508
- Gives him gun
- Plot twist – Terry frames Julian for murdering the bellhop and June
- Aperture (open ending)
- Linear narrative (chronological order)
Todorov:
- Equilibrium – Julian is going to stop Terry from killing ‘cheater’
- Disruption – Julian is the ‘cheater’
- New equilibrium – Julian stops Terry from killing ‘cheater’ but he has already killed June and bellhop
How does the film build suspense?
- The viewer keeps finding out things that thicken the plot and change the viewers opinions of the characters (unfolds, small details)
- The use of sound and music
- Film from start is an enigma
Barthes Codes:
- Enigma Code
- Beginning – will he use the gun?
- End – what happens to both of them?
- Action Code
- Middle – Julian needs to leave room 507
- When June leaves bellhop note
- When Julian tries to get inside his car
- When Julian’s hiding in hall
- Final scene – gun being pointed
- Semantic Code
- Symbolic Code
- Red lighting symbolises danger
- Green lighting symbolises jealously
Cultural
Code- The Bible? 10 commandments? Cheating? Killing? Stealing? Trespassing?
Comment on the style (cinematography and editing)
- Cinematography
- Clever use of cinematography
- Lighting
- Green light symbolises jealousy (symbolism)
- Red lighting symbolises danger (neon lights)Editing
- Clever editing
- Flashbacks – shows violent mood
Propp
- 8 Characters types
- Villain - Terry
- Dispatcher
- Helper - Bellhop
- Princess – June
- Donor
- Hero - Julian
- False Hero
- Changes throughout the short film
Levi-Strauss
- Binary Opposites
- Terry and Julian
Is there closure in the ending scene?
- No, the film ends with an open ending (aperture)
- Ending in context to film
- But don’t see the next step – partial closure
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