The Hours — Context, Adaptation, and Purpose (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Director of The Hours (2002)
Director of The Hours (2002)
Stephen Daldry
Three women in The Hours: years they appear
Three women in The Hours: years they appear
Woolf 1923, Brown 1949, Vaughan late 1990s
Metalepsis definition
Metalepsis definition
Crossing of narrative boundaries where fictional worlds intersect
Elegiac phase (AIDS context)
Elegiac phase (AIDS context)
Period of mourning & memorial following decades of loss
Crosscutting film technique
Crosscutting film technique
Editing alternating between scenes/timelines to suggest connection
Chiaroscuro in film
Chiaroscuro in film
Strong light-dark contrast suggesting psychological complexity
Golden-hour lighting purpose
Golden-hour lighting purpose
Warm glowing cinematography suggesting epiphany/transcendence
Three visual motifs connecting timelines
Three visual motifs connecting timelines
Flowers, water imagery, overhead planes
Living death in The Hours
Living death in The Hours
Surviving without truly living (psychological/physical states)
Young Richie Brown becomes...
Young Richie Brown becomes...
Adult Richard, the AIDS poet