film on the big screen subtitled...
Tom Mes
china_crisis at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 13 05:18:59 EDT 2004
The reactions to my post on watching films without subs were very
interesting, mostly because they seem to underline what I was arguing for.
Mitch said: "except to suggest that film is also a narrative form as well as
being visual."
And Mike wrote: "what the characters were saying, not to see the picture at
the expense of the script."
Both these reactions seem to suggest that a film's visuals are mere images,
and that the narrative is conveyed on some other level, ie the dialogue. The
whole reason I recommend watching films without subtitles is that it's very
useful training in deducing narrative purely by means of form, rather than
from what's being said. In a good film, the visuals ARE narrative.
I am very far from speaking fluent Japanese, and that's actually central to
my argument. When you can't understand what people are saying, you have only
the form of the film to hold on to. Just try it, you'll be surprised how
steady that hold can be at times.
Tom
Midnight Eye
http://www.midnighteye.com
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