Contextual and Theoretical Studies Level 5 Week 11:Annotated Text

We looked at the concept of 'Cinema as a door' and it allows the viewers to go through a simple act of trasnport into a fictional world to acknowledge it as a part of reality and we see that through different forms of passages as there is the common narrative of when a character whom is part of the storyline is narrating throughout the story to give the viewers another perspective. Narration ca introduce the viewers into the plot of the story from as early as the start of the film as such films have an early narration to give a back story to certain characters and allow them to an understanding of why things are happening.

Another form is music which again is in parallel usage as narration as music allows the setting of the mood to be played throughout the film and in films such as a horro film the type of music commonly used would be the dark and eerie, heart building feel which makes you begin to get the mood that something is going to happen whcih will cause you to be frightened and those types of music are used to introduce scenes which will cause a ramification in the storyline, whether it be a murder, kidnapping or a criminal act, music helps to empathise the scene to be more than a visual effect.

'Cinema As A Door' is a form of transition allowing the viewers to enter a world which they need a quick and effective back story or build up to the films story and allows the viewer to engross themselves into the film and acknowledge reality when retaining the awareness of transitioning into the film through means of narration or sound which helps to get into the mood of the filma and know what is going on.