Alright Love
Alright Love and Classical Hollywood The classical Hollywood style is all about the art of invisible storytelling and the ability to make the viewer feel part of the movie by enabling them to relate with the central character. This is achieved through the use of a seamless narrative which is accomplished by not just the script or story itself, but includes every aspect of what goes into making a successful movie. The short 2004 film Alright Love, directed by Samuli Valkama, does indeed share the characteristics of classical Hollywood cinema. Even without dialogue, the director was able to portray a sweet love story that followed a specific unspoken path of storytelling in movies. The characters of as classical Hollywood film are: Individuals as casual agents, Desire to reach a goal (something that propels the story), a conflict, the production of a cause and effect chain, continuity editing, time subordinated and a strong closure. The classical Hollywood narrative style is the most commonly used technique in film creation. A film in this style would follow a set of rules which are unwritten but commonly accepted amongst film makers. The term was coined by David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson in their study of Hollywood films between the years of 1917 to 1960. This type of film is structured narratively with a clearly defined conflict which is introduced early in the movie, a problem arises and the characters are forced to work through it, and in the end the problem is resolved. In terms of realism and formalism the classical Hollywood narrative style falls somewhere directly in the middle. The unifying force behind the classical Hollywood style is motivation and conventions. In the development of the narrative every event is motivated, i.e. follows a causal relationship. In the same way the use of cinematic style is generally motivated by the narrative. The connection between narrative and cinematic style is highly conventional. Due to the dominance of