Narrative Questions - Rock 'n' Rolla

1. Who is the hero, and who is the villain? How do you know?

At the beginning of the film we see a solitary figure in a dark room with a monologue ensuing in the background. We presume that the figure in the room is the one saying the monologue. We do not know within the opening scenes whether or not this person is a villain or hero, however, we see scenes of sex, drug and alcohol abuse so we can maybe believe he is the villain.

2. Where's the story set? What does it say about the genre?

The beginning is set in a dark room with the character alone. This shows the darkness of the genre and it shows the nature in which many of the people in the film live in. The main characters are undoubtedly unlawful, therefore they try to stay hidden and not be noticed, explaining the dark room.

3. How many principle characters are there?

There is lone principle character who we see in the dark room alone lighting a bung to smoke.

4. How is the story told? Chronologically? What is the effect?

The monologue tells us alot of what the film is about. We are told about the life the character leads and what it entails. This tells us what the film may be about, however, because we do not see the actor and because there is very little action we are still left with questions.

5. What questions are you left with?

We are left with question of who the man in the dark room is and whether he is actually the main character of the film. We also wonder about what could be in the bung and how hardcore the character may be.

Narrative Questions - Football Factory

1. Who is the hero, and who is the villain? How do you know?

We can clearly see that the villains of the film are the men that are walking in a big gang looking for another person/gang, which isn't yet revealed to the audience. There is no hero as there is no one who tries to stop the fighting.

2. Where's the story set? What does it say about the genre?

The story, like all other films within this genre, is set in an urban area. It is set in a council estate with high rise flats at the start. It shows the dark nature of the film and the violence that ensues and shows the nature of the characters affluence.

3. How many principle characters are there?

There are 3 very principle characters - we see the boy that does spying at the beginning and the two men who lead the gang to their intended targets. We see alot more other characters in the gang, however, they very rarely speak and so I have not considered them principle characters.

4. How is the story told? Chronologically? What is the effect?

The story isn't too chronological, we see a boy walking around a council estate and then talking down his phone and the audience aren't aware of what he is doing. However, once we learn he is spying for the gang, the story is told fairly chronologically in that we see them walking to another pub to fight a rival gang. The effect this draws up is that the audience aren't given all the answers to what is going on and we have questions to see what is going on.

5. What questions are you left with?

The audience are left with the questions of whether or not the characters involved in the fight are ok or not and why they were there in the first place. We also are left with the question of which gang these people belong to and why they are fighting another gang.

Narrative Questions - Snatch

1. Who is the hero, and who is the villain? How do you know?

The intro to Snatch doesn't contain any heroes. However, we see 4 villains who are all in the same gang and steal the jewels. The audience are stunned by this as we see the main villain acting as a friend to the man who owns the jewels. We know that they are the villains once they produce guns and rob the place, even hitting people around the head with their guns.

2. Where's the story set? What does it say about the genre?

The story is set in an office block. However, we get the feeling that it may not be an ordinary office block from the vast amounts of diamonds found in the office. It contained very strong security, and we see the 4 villains only via security cameras to begin with, which could show that they are thieves and should be kept an eye on. It says alot about the genre in that most characters in the films are indeed unlawful and could easily be arrested for what they do, whether that be gang fights, hustles or robbery.

3. How many principle characters are there?

There are 5 principle characters. The 4 who are the villains and the man that owns/is manager of the office company. We see this as they follow the 4 villains and the 5th owner is key as he holds the key as to why they are there.

4. How is the story told? Chronologically? What is the effect?

The story is told chronologically as we see the 4 villains first and we see that they are going to a certain place. However, as they are in disguise we do not know if they are actually criminals or not and we are left with questions as to who they are and why they are there. But once they pull out the guns we instantly see that they are actually in disguise to pull off a robbery. The effect of that is shock to the viewers and grips them to the scene.

5. What questions are you left with?

We are left with the questions such as why they pulled off the con? Who they are? And why they even dressed up as jews?