AOS Discovery Flashcards
Types of discovery
- transformative
- unexpected
- planned
- unplanned
- sudden
- epiphany
- triggered by an event or idea
- challenges / adversity
- reassessed over time
Rainbow’s End
Jane Harrison
Imagery
Unexpected discoveries - “I was your age once, too. And I became a mother too, when I was your age. Now that you’re a woman I can tell you. What I’m trying to say is … that I married Papa Dear after I was pregnant with Gladys. No, Dolly - See, I was walking home, taking a short cut and, and - and - and the lad - he took advantage of me…” “No Nan, not you too!”, “The lad on the day war was declared, his name was - his name was Clem Fisher”
Metaphor
Unexpected discoveries - “Actually, ma’am, my dad changed our surname after the war. After they emigrated here. It was originally Vischer. But we Germans weren’t the most popular. People used to throw stones at our house.” “So you’re a fake Fisher?” “Fraid so”, “Not related to any Fishers, even?” “No, ma’am”
Contrast
Questioned or challenged discoveries - “She needs to know the world is bigger than just this.” “I’m offering you a better life.” “A better life?” “The point is, you could live in a real home, for the first time.” “A real home?” “You deserve better.” “Better?” “Hang on. Are you saying you’d rather live in a humpy by the river? When I’m promising you the world?” “Your world. And your just assuming that your world is better. But actually, when I think about it. I’m not so sure it is better.”
Mamma Mia!
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Dialogue and camera movement
Requires careful and deliberate planning - “I feel like there’s a part of me missing but when I meet my dad, everything will fall into place!” Camera movement constantly going back and forh at Sam, Bill and Harry shows she has no idea who he is “You know, I have no clue which one of you is my dad, but I don’t mind!”
Songs and dialogue
Can be summoned upon by curiosity, necessity or wonder - “Well, I was ransacking some old trunks, and I found this: It’s the diary she kept the year she was pregnant with me.” Honey, Honey “I heard about you before, I wanted to know some more and now I’m about to see what you mean to me.”
