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    The document defines and provides examples of various literary techniques that are commonly used in films and film scripts, including: 1) Allegory, allusion, analogy, archetype, characterization, and figurative language. 2) Flashback, foreshadowing, and sound devices are also discussed. Flashback interrupts the present action to show a past event, foreshadowing provides hints of future events, and sound devices convey meaning through music and other sounds. 3) Examples are given for each technique to illustrate its use, such as 300 Spartans symbolizing heroism in an allegory or scary music cueing an upcoming murder.

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    LiteraryTechniquesUsedinFilmsandFilmScripts

    Allegory:
    Astorywithtwomeanings,aliteralmeaninganda
    symbolic
    meaning.Theunderlying
    meaninghasmoral,social,religious,orpoliticalsignificance,andcharactersareoften
    personifications
    ofabstractideasascharity,greed,orenvy.
    Example:300Spartansdiedtostop
    anarmyof1,000,000,somethingveryheroic.So,Spartansareheroic.

    Allusion:
    isabriefreferencetoawellknownrealorfictitiousperson,event,orplace.
    Example:
    InMatrixRevolutionNeoturnsisconsumedbylightintheshapeofacross,thisisanallusionto
    Christianity,thatNeorepresentsamessiahlikeChrist.

    Analogy:
    isthecomparisonoftwopairswhichhavethesamerelationship.
    Example:Nightisto
    dayasdarkistolight.

    Archetype:
    theperfectexampleofsomething.
    Example:Supermanisanarchetypeforahero.
    Heisstrong,brave,andalwaysdoestherightthingbuthasonefatalweaknessthatcandestroy
    him.

    Characterization:
    isthemethodusedbyawritertodevelopacharacter.
    Example:Rickseems
    meananddoesnotcareaboutanybodybuthimself.However,youlearnthatRicklovedawoman
    whoabandonedhimandnevertoldhimwhy.

    Figurativelanguage:
    figurativelanguagedoesnotmeanexactlywhatitsays,butinsteadforces
    thereadertomakeanimaginativeleapinordertocomprehendanauthor'spoint.
    Example:
    Insteadofsayingawomanisbeautifulthewritersaysherfaceislikethemorningsun.

    Flashback:
    isactionthatinterruptstoshowaneventthathappenedatanearliertimewhichis
    necessarytobetterunderstanding.
    Example:InTransformers,theystoptheactionhappening
    todaytoshowthewarthathappenedmanyyearsagoontheTransformershomeplanet.

    Foreshadowing:
    istheuseofhintsorcluestosuggestwhatwillhappenlaterinliterature.
    Example:Awomansuddenlypaysattentiontoherhusbandsdietofgreasy,unhealthyfoodand
    laterinthefilmherhusbandhasaheartattack.

    SoundDevices:
    stylistictechniquesthatconveymeaningthroughsound.
    Example:themusicin
    ascenebecomesslowandscaryrightbeforeawomanismurdered.

    Definitionstakenfromhttp://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/

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