Theme orientation and the inevitable outcome of structural flaws: Investigating the results of the dominance of theme over action in Farhadi’s The Salesman

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahryar Sadeqy ◽  
Masoud Naghashzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Natural Process ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Logical Relationship ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Organic Structure ◽  
Dramatic Structure ◽  
Specific Theme ◽  
Dramatic Action ◽  
Relationship Of

In this article, we discuss the importance of unity in the feature film script and the mechanism of its development based on the two elements of dramatic action and theme. We investigate the consequences of prioritizing theme over the action on the foundation of the dramatic structure of the screenplay, considering one of the most famous Iranian films, Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman (2016), the winner of the best screenplay at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. In any form of drama, the chain of actions leads to a specific theme, and the theme in turn directs this chain. Therefore, to create an organic structure, the balanced development of action and theme is essential. Manipulating this balance in favour of highlighting the theme, and understanding the chain of actions based on the theme weakens the logical relationship of the actions as well as the dramatic structure, ultimately turning some actions into redundancies that can be eliminated. The study shows that in The Salesman’s screenplay, through prioritizing the theme over the action and disrupting the natural process of perceiving the theme from the chain of actions, a structure is created in which the presence of some actions are only justified by referring to the theme. Therefore, a number of events/scenes in the screenplay can be omitted without interfering with the unity of the narrative and the formation and expression of the theme. As a result, prioritizing the theme over the action in the foundation of the script inevitably leads to a flawed structure.

A Māori Girl Watches, Listens, and Learns – Coming of Age from an Indigenous Viewpoint: Mauri (Merata Mita, 1988)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Fox
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Indigenous Woman ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Force ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines Merata Mita’s Mauri, the first fiction feature film in the world to be solely written and directed by an indigenous woman, as an example of “Fourth Cinema” – that is, a form of filmmaking that aims to create, produce, and transmit the stories of indigenous people, and in their own image – showing how Mita presents the coming-of-age story of a Māori girl who grows into an understanding of the spiritual dimension of the relationship of her people to the natural world, and to the ancestors who have preceded them. The discussion demonstrates how the film adopts storytelling procedures that reflect a distinctively Māori view of time and are designed to signify the presence of the mauri (or life force) in the Māori world.

Study on the rule and logical relationship of TCM prescription for lumbago

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Yong Xiao ◽  
Jiaozhi Wang ◽  
Shaowu Shen ◽  
Xiaoqiong Wang ◽  
Yunfang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logical Relationship ◽  
Relationship Of

Based on LabVIEW Three-Stage Current Computer Protection Experimental System

2015 ◽  
Vol 734 ◽  
pp. 732-735
Author(s):  
You Wen Tian ◽  
Hua Song Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Fault Simulation ◽  
Experimental System ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Loop Structure ◽  
Logical Relationship ◽  
Teaching Platform ◽  
Data Acquisition Module ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Microcomputer Protection

Current microcomputer protection experimental system is created based on LabVIEW. Each module was created based on the modular thinking (data acquisition module, start module, algorithm module). Functions of microcomputer protection were implemented. Fault data was generated by fault simulation software MATLAB. LabVIEW controls and loop structure achieved simulating a variety of action logical relationship of computer protection. This system had many advantages, such as visibility, controllability, authenticity and flexibility. The system was able to verify the performance of computer protection at different fault. The system was also able to analyze the situation of computer protection maloperation and misoperation, thus it further provided teaching platform for the three section current microcomputer protection experiment.

Vietnamese Cinema: First Views

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Charlot
Keyword(s):  
Film Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
East Bloc ◽  
Department Staff ◽  
History Of ◽  
General Director

Vietnamese cinema has only recently become known outside of the East Bloc countries. The first public showing of a Vietnamese feature film in the United States was that of When the Tenth Month Comes at the 1985 Hawai'i International Film Festival in Honolulu. At the 1987 Festival, a consortium of American film institutions was formed with Nguyen Thu, General Director of the Vietnam Cinema Department, to organize the Vietnam Film Project — the first attempt to introduce an entire new film industry to America. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief description of Vietnamese cinema along with an appreciation of its major characteristics and themes. I base my views on my two visits to the Vietnam Cinema Department in Hanoi — for one week in 1987 and two in 1988 — on behalf of the Hawai'i International Film Festival. During those visits, I was able to view a large number of documentaries and feature films and to discuss Vietnamese cinema with a number of department staff members. I was able to obtain more interviews during the visits of Vietnamese to the Hawai'i International Film Festival in Honolulu. This article cannot claim to be an adequate introduction to the history of Vietnamese cinema, a task I hope will be undertaken with the aid of my informants and the sources I list as completely as possible.

scholarly journals KEEFEKTIFAN KALIMAT DALAM TEKS EKSPLANASI SISWA KELAS VIII SMP PEMBANGUNAN LABORATORIUM UNP

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Mita Syukur ◽  
Emidar Emidar
Keyword(s):  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Logical Relationship ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Explanatory Text ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to describe the sentences in the explanatory text of students in terms of four things. First, the effectiveness of sentences in terms of structural clarity, there are 78 (19.60%) errors. The ineffectiveness of the sentence is in the active / passive structure (1 error), the subject is not an explanation (21 errors), the predicate is not lost (28 errors), the description is not in the form of a subject (4 errors), and the subject is not lost (25 errors). Second, the effectiveness of sentences in terms of logical meaning there are 76 (19.09%) errors. The ineffectiveness of the sentence lies in the logical relationship S and P (52 errors) and the logical relationship of details or parallel meaning (23 errors). Third, the effectiveness of sentences in terms of word saving is 142 (35.68%) errors. The ineffectiveness of the sentence is on one subject from the same subject (46 errors), one word from several synonymous words (21 errors), and the required word (115 errors). Fourth, the effectiveness of sentences in terms of word rigidity there are 102 (25.63%) errors. Based on these results it can be concluded that the sentences in the explanatory text of eighth grade students of SMP Pembangunan Laboratorium Laboratory are not effective. This is evidenced from the 221 sentences studied, there were 31 (14.03%) effective sentences and 190 (85.97%) ineffective sentences with 398 errors. Kata kunci: Keefektifan Kalimat, Teks Eksplanasi

Improved piezoelectricity in ternary potassium–sodium niobate lead-free ceramics with large strain

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2838-2846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Wu ◽  
Jian Ma ◽  
Wenjuan Wu ◽  
Min Chen
Keyword(s):  
Piezoelectric Materials ◽  
Large Strain ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Sodium Niobate ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Potassium Sodium Niobate ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Lead Free Ceramics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

We decode the relationship of balanced development between piezoelectric and strain properties, which would promote the practical application of lead-free piezoelectric materials.

Keyword coupling query of spatiotemporal data based on XML

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Luyi Bai ◽  
Zengmei Cui ◽  
Xinyi Duan ◽  
Hao Fu
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Calculation Method ◽  
Spatiotemporal Data ◽  
Logical Relationship ◽  
Keyword Query ◽  
Data Representations ◽  
Data Revision ◽  
Best Parameter ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Logic Relationship

With the increasing popularity of XML for data representations, there is a lot of interest in keyword query on XML. Many algorithms have been proposed for XML keyword queries. But the existing approaches fall short in their abilities to analyze the logical relationship between keywords of spatiotemporal data. To overcome this limitation, in this paper, we firstly propose the concept of query time series (QTS) according to the data revision degree. For the logical relationship of keywords in QTS, we study the intra-coupling logic relationship and the inter-coupling logic relationship separately. Then a calculation method of keyword similarity is proposed and the best parameter in the method is found through experiment. Finally, we compare this method with others. Experimental results show that our method is superior to previous approaches.

‘It was then I knew life’: Political Critique and Moral Debate in Teresa Deevy's Temporal Powers (1932)

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-355
Author(s):  
Caoilfhionn Ní Bheacháin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Politics ◽  
Free State ◽  
Abbey Theatre ◽  
Political Critique ◽  
Dramatic Structure ◽  
Moral Debate ◽  
Irish Free State ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This article argues that Teresa Deevy's early plays for the Abbey Theatre deliberately intervened in the cultural politics of the Irish Free State. While the focus here is on Temporal Powers (1932), Deevy's first two Abbey productions, The Reapers (1930) and A Disciple (1931), are also considered. Taken together, this article demonstrates how these plays present a striking critique of the new state under the Cumann na nGaedhael administration. Set in 1927, during the Land Annuities crisis, Temporal Powers meditates on the relationship of poor tenant labourers to the land and society they inhabit. In it, Deevy explores themes such as eviction, homelessness, emigration, justice, religion, grief, and poverty. This article introduces this little-known play, contextualises it, and discusses her treatment of key themes through an examination of characters, Shavian influences, dramatic structure and form.

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