Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic. Two words I have never heard of. Probably because I have never studied film. After the lecture today and some further research, this is my understanding and correct me if I’m wrong:
Syntagmatic is an order of interactive shots which form a meaningful story. So, in a way, an analysis of this would be examing the pattern which forms the overall narrative of the film. While, paradigmatic derives symbolic meaning from different shots, in particular the presentation of a single object in a single frame. I suppose this will be clearer to me once I start drawing up a story board for the first assignment.
So now that i (think) i understand this, how am I going to intergrate this information into my assignment?? It will be hard to capture everything in one minute. I guess that is why it’s a challenge. I can’t wait to actually get out there and put all of the theory we have been learning about into practice. Yay for assignment. Ha, not really, although I am excited to see what the end result will be.
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More likely you start extending these questions into your final assignment. But good to start thinking about them now. The assignment deliberatley kkeps things simple…bu tgives plenty of room to play..