Narrative analysis of Day For Night

Narrative Analysis of DAY FOR NIGHT
By M. Gabriel

DAY FOR NIGHT is a film about a movie making team shooting a film called MEET PAMELA. The story is about the film director called Ferrand, the artists and the production crew of “MEET PAMELA” as they embark on this journey to shoot this film and how they achieve their goal in spite of the many conflicts they experience during the shooting. This narrative analysis essay attempts to examine the development of the pivotal character, Ferrand, from the start to the end of DAY FOR NIGNT.
DAY FOR NIGHT opens with a scene of a pleasing, busy Parisian square until a young man slaps another older man. The shock of this action compounded by a shout of ‘cut’ conveys all at once that we are being shown a cinema shooting, with the Director calling at the right moment to stop the camera. With this single scene, of hundreds of extra actors, props, sets, camera on crane and the single & powerful dialog “Cut”, Ferrand’s character is in...