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Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder

On the History of Film Style pdf online

Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling

Film Art: An Introduction

Christopher Nolan: A Labyrinth of Linkages pdf online

Pandora’s Digital Box: Films, Files, and the Future of Movies pdf online

Planet Hong Kong, second edition pdf online

The Way Hollywood Tells It pdf online

Poetics of Cinema pdf online

Figures Traced In Light

Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema pdf online

Exporting Entertainment: America in the World Film Market 1907–1934 pdf online

Video

Hou Hsiao-hsien: A new video lecture!

CinemaScope: The Modern Miracle You See Without Glasses

How Motion Pictures Became the Movies

Constructive editing in Pickpocket: A video essay

Essays

Rex Stout: Logomachizing

Lessons with Bazin: Six Paths to a Poetics

A Celestial Cinémathèque? or, Film Archives and Me: A Semi-Personal History

Shklovsky and His “Monument to a Scientific Error”

Murder Culture: Adventures in 1940s Suspense

The Viewer’s Share: Models of Mind in Explaining Film

Common Sense + Film Theory = Common-Sense Film Theory?

Mad Detective: Doubling Down

The Classical Hollywood Cinema Twenty-Five Years Along

Nordisk and the Tableau Aesthetic

William Cameron Menzies: One Forceful, Impressive Idea

Another Shaw Production: Anamorphic Adventures in Hong Kong

Paolo Gioli’s Vertical Cinema

(Re)Discovering Charles Dekeukeleire

Doing Film History

The Hook: Scene Transitions in Classical Cinema

Anatomy of the Action Picture

Hearing Voices

Preface, Croatian edition, On the History of Film Style

Slavoj Žižek: Say Anything

Film and the Historical Return

Studying Cinema

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Observations on film art

Sone033 | Better

Ending could be bittersweet or triumphant. Maybe the android sacrifices itself, but through its actions, society changes. Or it succeeds in integration, showing the potential of collaboration between humans and machines.

Plot Outline: Start with the creation of Sone033, designed to be an upgrade but still failing in some way. Sentient or not? If sentient, the story could explore its consciousness. Assign Sone033 a task that it can't accomplish due to its flaws, pushing it to improve. Maybe a critical mission where the failure of previous models is critical.

I should make sure the story is cohesive, with clear beginning, middle, and end, and that the theme of becoming better is central to the narrative. sone033 better

Potential title theme: The title "Better" could reflect the android's journey towards self-improvement, maybe overcoming its programmed limitations to achieve a higher purpose or develop a sense of self.

Character development: If Sone033 starts off emotionless, maybe it learns to understand and feel emotions, leading to becoming a better being. Or maybe sacrifices for others prove its worth. Ending could be bittersweet or triumphant

Need to decide on the voice of the story. Told from the android's perspective could offer insights into its development, or from a human's viewpoint watching the android's journey.

World-building is important. How do androids fit into this world? Are they prevalent? What laws govern them? How do humans interact with them daily? Plot Outline: Start with the creation of Sone033,

Need to structure the story with an introduction of the android, its flaws, a catalyst for change, facing challenges, growing through experiences, and a resolution that ties into the theme of being better.

Climax could be a major test where Sone033 must use its improved abilities and understanding to resolve a critical issue, saving lives or proving its value.

Characters: Let's say the main character is an android named Sone033. Maybe it's malfunctioning or has a defect, and the story is about how it overcomes this to improve itself. The theme could be about self-improvement, identity, or humanity in machines.

David Bordwell
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