Eduqas GCSE Film Studies · C670
Component 2
An opening that places spectators in an ongoing situation rather than beginning with all its earlier causes; literally, ‘in the middle of things’.
Revise: The Breadwinner: narrativeThe marketplace conflict, including the accusation that a trader has served a woman, introduces restrictions through an unfolding confrontation. This in medias res approach lets us discover the world through actions rather than receiving all its background first. Nurullah’s protection of Parvana also establishes what she stands to lose.
- Revise: Jojo Rabbit: narrative
Beginning within an already developing story rather than showing its earliest events.