Narrative Structure of 2 Films

Worksheet – Narrative Structure of 2 Films

Using the 10 points to list the similarities, i.e., they share the same recipe/structure in making the film.

Movie 1: Empire of the Sun	Movie 2 : Castaway
1. Equilibrium Before the war broke out, Jamie, a schoolboy, the protagonist lived a privileged life with his parents Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center	Before the plane crashed, Chuck Noland, a highly efficient FedEx executive had a girlfriend.
2. Disturbance Jamie ventures out into the city and finds it bustling with Japanese troops. Jamie is captured along with Basie, an American sailor, who nicknames him "Jim". They are taken to in Shanghai; but are eventually moved to Soochow Creek Internment Camp. By 1945, a few months before the end of the Pacific War,	Chuck is stranded on an inhabited island after plane crashes
3. Protagonist Christian Bale as James "Jamie" Graham: Jamie goes through a coming of age from living in a wealthy British family in Shanghai, to becoming a prisoner of war in Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center during World War II	Chuck is the leading principle performer, chuck is the main characters who engages the readers interest and empathy
4. Plan Jim drams of being a pilot, and after his good behavior at the camp he is transferred to the American barracks. In this movies jim has no other plan but to loyal to his friends and surviving war.	Escaping the island so that he could get back to his life. Chuck attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his eventual escape and return to society
5. Obstacle Being in prison without his family, and therefore learning to fen for himself. For example one of the obstacle that he faces is when after the camp's population marches through the wilderness, where many die of fatigue, starvation, and disease	He searches for food, water, shelter, packages. He finds a number of obstacle , he also has to learn how build a raft in order to escape the island
6. Complications After settling in at the new camp, Jim has established a good living, despite the poor conditions of the camp. He has an extensive trading network, even involving the camp's commanding officer, Sergeant Nagata.	Chuck has to fend for himself, the weather, food, building raft.
7. Timeout Dr. Rawlins, the camp's British director, becomes a father figure to Jim. Through the barbwire fencing, Jim befriends a Japanese teenager, who shares Jim's dream of becoming a pilot	Chuck ends up coming to term with the fact that he is stranded on an island and there is no rescue, and therefore tries to get by, for example to create his ability to communicate with other chuck uses a volley ball that he had name Chuck and his timeouts usually evolves having regular conversations and arguments with "Wilson".
8. Crisis During the march Jim witnesses a flash from the atomic bombing of Nagasaki hundreds of miles away, and hears news of Japan's surrender and the end of the war.	Upon returning to civilization, Chuck learns that he has long been given up for dead by everyone he knew; his family and friends held a funeral, and Kelly has since married Chuck's dentist and has had a daughter. After reuniting with Kelly, the pair professes their love for each other but, realizing a future together would be impossible due to her commitment to her family, they part. Kelly gives Chuck the keys to the car that they had once shared
9. Climax Jim has established a good living, despite the poor conditions of the camp. He has an extensive trading network, even involving the camp's commanding officer, Sergeant Nagata.	Kelly gives Chuck the keys to the car that they had once shared,
10. Resolution He is found by a unit of American soldiers and put in an orphanage in Shanghai with other children who had lost their parents. When his parents come looking for him, Jim is so scarred from his experiences that he does not recognize them at first. His mother finds him in the crowd, and eventually Jim collapses into her arms	Chuck then travels out into the country to return the unopened FedEx package to its sender. The house at the package address is empty, so he leaves the package at the door with a note telling the occupant that the package saved his life. He then departs and stops at a remote crossroads, apparently trying to decide which way to go