This diploma thesis analyses two films by Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby and
American Sniper. Its focus is aimed at the formal storytelling aspects, structure of
the storyline and plot devices in the screenplays. The first film is an example of
misusing these plot devices; the theme being euthanasia remains irrelevant from
the viewers perspective although it was meant to resonate strongly at first.
Analysis of the second film shows us the discrepancy of what the film "wanted" to
be and the actual message it implicitly presents to the audience. Instead of being
an objective reflection of the real events (in this case the war in Iraq) it is on
purpose misleading in presenting of commonly known facts and hence it becomes
propaganda. The analysis of the storytelling devices in this thesis can be also
applied on different films and cinema in general.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:202820 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Jelínek, Martin |
| Contributors | ŠERÝ, Ladislav, Poláček, Vít |
| Publisher | Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta. Knihovna |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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