https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw Made with an open mindt en-us 2019-02-12 15:30:43 UTC 2019-02-12 15:58:20 UTC hello@padlet.com davin_crossley https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330383657 To some extent Vivre Sa Vie demonstrates a bold experiment in narrative due to the order of tableau's, the order of events and recurring elements/events. However, in some areas in Vivre Sa Vie isn't experimental due to Godard's admiration of Hitchcock.]]> 2019-02-12 15:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330383657 davin_crossley https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330383989 The way Godard has ordered the events in Vivre Sa Vie is experimental. Firstly, the structure of Vivre Sa Vie is like an anthology as the narrative is very unorganised and fractured. The exposition scene in Vivre Sa Vie is an example of this anthology structure because in tableau one, the main character is not stereo typically introduced. Instead Godard counters the traditional Hollywood way of introducing the main protagonist as begins with camera shot presenting the back of Nana's head. This is an experimental way of ordering events as the exposition information about Nana is presented later on in the narrative. The denouement is also experimental as Godard make the death of Nana anti-climatic and unsatisfying. Typically films always end with a tense resolved climatic finale unlike Vivre Sa Vie. ]]> 2019-02-12 15:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330383989 connorstoreywork https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330384520 Godard's work in "Vivre Sa Vie" demonstrates a bold experiment in narrative to a very impressive extent especially in the form of recurring elements. 
An example of a recurring element in which Godard uses in "Vivre Sa Vie" is in the way that he uses French subtitles during two specific parts of the film in order to display sorrowful foreshadowing of Nana's death. The first event we see the French subtitles is in the scene where Nana is watching "Joan of Arc" and the subtitles are displayed on the screening of the film she is watching. In this screening of "Joan of Arc" it highlights a death scene as the character Nana is watching is sentenced to death. This links to the second time in which we see French subtitles in "Vivre Sa Vie" which is just before Nana is killed. This is done purposely by Godard to foreshadow Nana's death in a way in which only fellow directors would've understood at the time during the "French New wave" of cinema. This to me is considered a bold experiment as Godard is purposely targeting a very niche audience by creating this technically complicated piece of "foreshadowment" for a 1960's audience.]]> 2019-02-12 15:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330384520 f16acb08b74e4bcbbd0204fe4b2e89b4_63107_1 https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330385025 Godard is experimental with the narrative format as he uses the tableau structure split the film into twelve chapters. Intertitles are used to introduce the different tableaux which wasn't expected of classic Hollywood film as it gave the audience information as to what is going to happen in the following scene, and so the spectators lack any emotional connection to the protagonist Nana as they become a spectator of her life and accept her downfall rather than having any emotional investment with her character. This presents Nana's life almost as a novel, implying that her future, reflective of other women in the 60's in France, has already been written for her and that her death, both literal and social, is inevitable. Also, the tableau structure breaks Hollywood film conventions as Godard is inspired by Brecht, giving reason for his choices to break the fourth wall and constantly remind the audience that they are watching a film, reflecting epic theatre as the tableaux alienate the spectators from the protagonist, which wasn't expected of film in the 60's.]]> 2019-02-12 15:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330385025 f16acb08b74e4bcbbd0204fe4b2e89b4_63107_1 https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330385257 2019-02-12 15:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330385257 davin_crossley https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330385536 2019-02-12 15:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330385536 f16acb08b74e4bcbbd0204fe4b2e89b4_63107_1 https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330397018 Despite this, Vivre Sa Vie isn't always experimental, mainly as the film is shot from Godard's perspective, giving the male gaze. Nana is constantly framed in the centre, particularly in tableau 12 where she becomes objectified by both the camera and the male characters. This shows how Godard conforms to expectations of film by objectifying women, possibly inspired by Hitchcock.]]> 2019-02-12 15:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/davin_crossley/k3t9y25jlfkw/wish/330397018