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Adventure Film:
A film genre in which the characters are placed in an exciting, and often dangerous, location far away from home.
Similar to 'House of Flying Daggers' when Mei and Jin are caught up against an army of Chinese Government, in a Bamboo Forest.
Big Ten:
then ten major Hollywood film studios: Twentieth Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), DreamWorks, Miramax, Sony Pictures, Paramount, Universal Studios, New Line Cinema, Walt Disney Pictures & Warner Brothers.
'House of Flying Daggers' is produced by Sony Pictures Classics
Binary Oppositions:
A term used by Claude Levi-Strauss as part of his argument that narratives are structured around oppositional elements in human culture, for example, good and evil, life and death, night and day, raw and cooked.
In this film there are obvious signs of binary opposition, for example, Mei is the ‘good guy’ and Jin is devious, however in the latter part of the film, in becomes the hero, whereas Leo’s playing a villainous role.
Bridging Shot:
A camera shot that shows a passage of time or change of location as a means of connecting one scene to another.
As we approach the ending combat, there is significance in the weather change and this connotes the duration that Jin and Leo have been battling for.
Diachronic:
In narrative, describing events that move through time sequentially. This is the opposite of synchronic which means at the same time.
Zhang Yimou uses this narrative skill in this film.
Feminism:
Political movement to advance the status of women by challenging values, social constructs and socioeconomic practices which disadvantage women and favour men.
Mei takes on a more heroic role as she participates in the fighting sequels and is apart of an elite organisation run by women.
Femme fatale:
In French film noir theory, a female character that uses her sexuality, often in devious, disreputable, secretive ways, to achieve the ends she desires.
When Mei is performing in the brothel, she dances in a mesmerizing style, seducing the head chief police-officer (Leo) and almost killing him.
Gender:
Psychological and cultural aspects of behaviour associated with masculinity and femininity, acquired through socialization, in accordance with the expectations of a particular society.
The character Mei challenges these stereotypes
Hybrid:
Cross between one film genre and another
‘House of Flying Daggers’ has elements on an action, adventure and romance genre
Iconography:
The distinguishing elements, in terms of props and visual details, which characterize a genre.
Daggers are common in this move and therefore portray an action movie.
A film genre in which the characters are placed in an exciting, and often dangerous, location far away from home.
Similar to 'House of Flying Daggers' when Mei and Jin are caught up against an army of Chinese Government, in a Bamboo Forest.
Big Ten:
then ten major Hollywood film studios: Twentieth Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), DreamWorks, Miramax, Sony Pictures, Paramount, Universal Studios, New Line Cinema, Walt Disney Pictures & Warner Brothers.
'House of Flying Daggers' is produced by Sony Pictures Classics
Binary Oppositions:
A term used by Claude Levi-Strauss as part of his argument that narratives are structured around oppositional elements in human culture, for example, good and evil, life and death, night and day, raw and cooked.
In this film there are obvious signs of binary opposition, for example, Mei is the ‘good guy’ and Jin is devious, however in the latter part of the film, in becomes the hero, whereas Leo’s playing a villainous role.
Bridging Shot:
A camera shot that shows a passage of time or change of location as a means of connecting one scene to another.
As we approach the ending combat, there is significance in the weather change and this connotes the duration that Jin and Leo have been battling for.
Diachronic:
In narrative, describing events that move through time sequentially. This is the opposite of synchronic which means at the same time.
Zhang Yimou uses this narrative skill in this film.
Feminism:
Political movement to advance the status of women by challenging values, social constructs and socioeconomic practices which disadvantage women and favour men.
Mei takes on a more heroic role as she participates in the fighting sequels and is apart of an elite organisation run by women.
Femme fatale:
In French film noir theory, a female character that uses her sexuality, often in devious, disreputable, secretive ways, to achieve the ends she desires.
When Mei is performing in the brothel, she dances in a mesmerizing style, seducing the head chief police-officer (Leo) and almost killing him.
Gender:
Psychological and cultural aspects of behaviour associated with masculinity and femininity, acquired through socialization, in accordance with the expectations of a particular society.
The character Mei challenges these stereotypes
Hybrid:
Cross between one film genre and another
‘House of Flying Daggers’ has elements on an action, adventure and romance genre
Iconography:
The distinguishing elements, in terms of props and visual details, which characterize a genre.
Daggers are common in this move and therefore portray an action movie.
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