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| Full text | c h a r a c t e r s , and s i t u a t i o n a n d / o r t h e " s h o c k i n g ” o f t h e a u d i e n c e . 2 5 E l i m i n a t i n g t h e " s h o c k in g " f u n c t i o n , we m ig h t c o n v e r s e l y s t a t e t h a t t h a t p o r t i o n o f a m o t io n p i c t u r e w h ic h a p p e a r s t o h a v e t h e p u r p o s e o f e x p o s i n g t h e m e , c h a r a c t e r s , and s i t u a t i o n i s t h e b e g i n n i n g . I n v i e w o f t h i s , t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e s c r e e n p l a y o f The C o u n try G i r l w o u ld e n c o m p a ss a l l s c e n e s th r o u g h t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f G e o r g i e . I f , on t h e o t h e r h a n d , we a c c e p t H o a r e ’ s d i s c i p l i n e o f s e t t i n g and p l a n t i n g ( c i t e d on p a g e t h i r t y - t w o o f t h i s t h e s i s ) , we m ig h t a g r e e t h a t t h e b e g i n n i n g t e r m i n a t e s a t t h e e n t r a n c e o f Frank E l g i n . A more f i l m i c i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f t h e e x t e n t o f t h e b e g i n n i n g w o u ld i n t e r p r e t t h e b e g i n n i n g a s t h e b e g i n n i n g s e q u e n c e o f t h e f i l m — t h e s e q u e n c e o f s h o t s , s e p a r a t e d from o t h e r s e q u e n c e s by one o f t h e f i l m i c d e v i c e s u s e d f o r b r i d g i n g t i m e and s p a c e — w h ich s e r v e s t h e g r e a t e s t e x p o s i t o r y f u n c t i o n . The f i r s t su c h d e v i c e t o a p p e a r d u r i n g t h e c o u r s e o f t h e m o t io n p i c t u r e i s a d i s s o l v e a t t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f s c e n e t h i r t y . P r e v i o u s t o t h i s d i s s o l v e , t h e f o l l o w i n g a c t i o n h a s t a k e n p l a c e : ( 1 ) a man h a s w a lk e d down t h e s t r e e t o u t s i d e t h e S h u b e r t T h e a t r e , s e t t i n g t h e l o c a l i t y i n a g e n e r a l way; ( 2 ) t h e man h a s w a lk e d i n t o t h e S h u b e r t , c a r r y i n g c o f f e e t o B e r n ie and Cook who a r e a r g u i n g , t h u s , t h e s e t t i n g i s made more 2 5 ]3 r u n e l, o £ . c i t . , p . 44* |
