Lina Johansen: Blog

Narrative Analysis "Curfew" (2012) I will be applying Roland Barthes's narrative theory to the 2012 short film "Curfew" directed by Shawn Christensen. Roland Barthes believe a text is either open (which is that it's open for interpretation) or clones (which means there is just one obvious meaning in the text. If a text is open, Barthes suggests these 5 following codes can be used to unlock the meaning of a text: Enigma Code Action Code Semantic Code Symbolic Code Referential Code Most texts will follow at least a few of these codes, if not all and they're all used to drive the narrative forward in different ways.  The enigma code is an unanswered question, a mystery. Clues will be given throughout the text for the mystery to be resolved and the effect of the enigma makes the audience want to know more. Unresolved enigmas tend to frustrate an audience but also makes a text open for interpretation.  The action code is there to crea...

"Take It or Leave It"  Screenplay by Lina Johansen   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K6XA1MGfjRe3raI9SH-cZZx4tdy5DToYnkxa-421nKU/edit?usp=sharing

Benh Zeitlin and "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (2012) Context/Analysis  " Beasts of the Southern Wild " ( Zeitlin, 2012 ) is a film co-written, co-scored and directed by Benh Zeitlin. The film was based of a play written by Lucy Alibar called " Juicy and Delicious ". Alibar became Zeitlin's screenwriting partner for BOTSW and they both were nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Award at the 85th Academy Awards. The film also nobly acquired three other Academy Award nominations such as Best Picture, Best Director (Benh Zeitlin) and Best Actress (Quvenzhané Wallis), making her at only age 9 become the youngest Best Actress nominee in history. Benh Zeitlin had previously only directed short films so BOTSW was his first feature length film, as well as a passion project. His collaboration with Alibar was no question as they both met at summer camp when they were teenagers and had stayed friends ever since.  In " Juicy and Delicious " Alib...

Beasts of the Southern Wild Presentation March 2018 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iOkwMVS81iHUiVgekJLXXklLLm3tg_ef/view?usp=sharing