The Breakfast club (opening) as text. Kakhnovskaia Daria

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1.Levels of syntagmatic segments (Opening scene)

The shot
-video sequence that consists of

1.Levels of syntagmatic segments (Opening scene) The shot -video sequence that consists
continuous video frames for one camera action.
Group of shots
Sundaram postulates the existence of two categories of scenes:
N-type scene - unity of location, time and sound. N-type scenes are divided in three types: dialogue, progressive and hybrid.
Dialogue: A simple repetitive visual structure can be present if the action in a scene is a dialogue.
Progressive: A linear progression of visuals without any repetitive structure.
Hybrid: A dialogue structure embedded in an otherwise progressive scene.
M-type scene - no unity of visuals either in terms of location, time or lighting conditions.
Audio structure

Lotman’s mechanism of intra-textual semantic analysis

Basis of video structure taken from Bertrand Delezoide
“Hierarchical film segmentation using audio and visual similarity”

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Group of shots-Hybrid

Primarily union of time and sound

Group of shots-Hybrid Primarily union of time and sound

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2. Semantic segments (opening scene)
The scene
-consistent, underlying semantic meaning – establish

2. Semantic segments (opening scene) The scene -consistent, underlying semantic meaning –
the premise and characters
-chromatic composition of lighting in all the shots
-consistent audio track (“Don’t you forget about me”)
Group of scenes
Bigger underlying semantic- to also establish relationships between characters, character hierarchy
“Video can be separated into three parts: presenting subject or topic information, showing evidence and details, drawing conclusions. “
The audio structure
This structure is a four-layer representation: group of scenes, scene, group of clips and clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN-8TvevGU&list=PLLZRszdTMo6qB5CpFktZJlh8LLAJq_-TC&index=7&t=39s

Principles: "everything boils down to differences but also to groupings", and "every image on the screen is a sign, that is, it has meaning, it carries information" ( Lotman)

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4. Pairs of contiguities (Syntagmatic axis)
Combination of shots different in content but

4. Pairs of contiguities (Syntagmatic axis) Combination of shots different in content
similar in structure and metaphorical message

Character Stereotypes and relationship with parents ( bringing out metaphor)

“Princess”
Parent: "Honey, missing class to go shopping doesn’t make you a defective.”
Expensive clothes

“Brain”
Parent: “Mister, you figure out a way to study.”
Warm and practical clothes

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“Athlete”
Parent: “I screwed around….there’s nothing wrong with that except you got caught”

“Criminal”
Parents

“Athlete” Parent: “I screwed around….there’s nothing wrong with that except you got
aren’t present

“Basket case”
Parent ignores her
Gothic, dark clothes

Sport’s clothes

sunglasses, mismatch shoes, a trench coat and a red bandanna

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Character hierarchy and relationships ( establishing shot sequence, POV of principle)

Claire and

Character hierarchy and relationships ( establishing shot sequence, POV of principle) Claire
Andrew –”higher class”- in front, sitting together
John-Dominant pose and actions
Brian-Submissive and avoiding confrontation
Allison-Closed off and turned away from everyone
Principle- dominant

“The repetition of the same element mutes it’s semantic significance”

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Character stereotypes scene: Lunchtime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3mupIlFIYQ&list=PLLZRszdTMo6qB5CpFktZJlh8LLAJq_-TC&index=3

Character stereotypes scene: Lunchtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3mupIlFIYQ&list=PLLZRszdTMo6qB5CpFktZJlh8LLAJq_-TC&index=3

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Relation to syntagmatic structure:
-Individual shots establish characters and their relationship
-Parallel shot sequences

Relation to syntagmatic structure: -Individual shots establish characters and their relationship -Parallel
establish relationship with their parents and differences between characters
-Choice of camera angles in the shots establish power relations
Works as a set up:
-Clips of the school
-Shots of teenagers in cars with parents
-Shot of their clothes
-Collective shot of them in the room
-Creates borders of the scene

7.The structure of syntagmatic construction and divergences from it in pairs formed by contiguity. (syntactic construction)

Montage establishes a purposeful system of structural relationships through the making of a pictorial or iconic sign

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3. Pairs of repetition (Opening and Ending)

Music (“Don’t you forget about me”)
-Lyrics

3. Pairs of repetition (Opening and Ending) Music (“Don’t you forget about
are heard when there’s no dialogue or voiceover narration
Background music to voiceover narration
Voiceover
-The same voiceover narration by Brian (by the end the meaning of narration is clear)
-Addition of other character’s narration accepting their stereotypes
Location
-School front
-Parents dropping them off- opening
-Parents picking them up
Character relationships
-Development in relationships
-Symbolic gestures

Narration repetition:
Opening:
“We see us as you want to see us…
You see us as a brain…”
Ending:
“We see us as you want to see us…but what we found out is that each of us is a brain…”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CUh8v7MNo

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Opening

Ending

Opening Ending
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