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Wonderful life

Discuss whether “It’s a Wonderful Life” seems to conform to the model of the "Classical Hollywood Cinema. What motivates the action? Do any characters have goals? Does the film exhibit techniques which maintain continuity? Is the narration generally omniscient, or restricted in some way? How does it potentially embody the basic traits of classical Hollywood narrative (causality, motivation, goal-oriented protagonists, etc.)?

Classical Narration of any HOLLYWOOD CINEMA are fundamentally broken down to the following elements, namely- action springing from the individual characters as “usual agents”, Concentrated preliminary exposition which trigger strong “First Impressions” which become the basis for our expectations across the whole film – known simply as the “Primary Effect ” -along side with other chief characteristics including , Desire which functions to get the narrative going, Goals- which shape our expectations, , Cause and effect – implying change (ma...

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