WEEK 7 REFLECTION FILM MEANING

WEEK 7 REFLECTION FILM MEANING

This week we learned all about distinguishing the meaning of films. We were told the different types of meaning like , referential which is basically just the plot summary, explicit meaning is the point of the film like a moral lesson, implicit meaning is like very abstract and it sounds so far fetched in my opinion, and symptomatic which is about social ideology.

We were shown the clip of Wizard of Oz and different Examples of the meaning applied to it by different people.

WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
DIRECTOR:  VICTOR FLEMING, 

While slowly understanding it, my favorite film crossed my mind and I will try now to give its meaning but in different types!

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
DIRECTOR: MIKE NEWELL

 Referential: Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts started and with it comes a dangerous journey. Being suspiciously entered to the Triwizard Tournament, he embraked on different life risking situations like facing the dragon,merpeople and inside the wild maze. Only to find out that it’s all a trick to bring him to the graveyard where the Dark Lord Voldemort will return using his blood.

Explicit: A story of a boy on his adolescence standing firm and tested in the wicked times of his life as teenager and to learn how to live a new life of constant vigilance against any threats.

Implicit: A slow blooming flower in the midday sun, blooming through the opposing vines and thorns obscuring its way to reach the sun but soon as it’s petal fully expanded, it’s thorns are ready for defence.

Symptomatic: The association of different schools’ relationship is strengthen for trust. Always create an environment of a healthy competition and smooth rules without any alterations based on sabotage by cheating.