Stranger+Than+Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

 * Dr.** Marc Forster, **St.** Will Ferrel, Maggi Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifa - 2006

__1) Opening Narration:__ Karren Eiffel (Thompson) narrates Harold (Ferrel), and his watch's, thoughts and observations, as well as on screen movements that the audience would notice anyway in very descriptive language, almost as if reading out of a book. //nudge nudge, wink// //wink.// The narration becomes diegetic when Harold is revealed to hear the narration as well.

__2) Floating Text During Introductory Sequence:__ Floating text showing maps, counting steps, teeth, doing mental calculations, etc. Pretty much anything mentioned either by the narrator or presumably thought by Harold is shown.

__3) Music During Introductory Sequence:__ Sort of self-explanatory... Music during the whole introductory sequence of the film; introducing the characters, setting, etc

__4) Music During Karren Eiffel's Introductory Sequence:__ Slow strings, etc, to provoke an emotional response.

__5) Music When Harold Looses His Shit And Tries To Talk To The Narrator Due To Her Mentioning His Imminent Death:__ Slow strings, etc, to provoke an emotional response... when Harold looses his shit and tries to talk to the narrator due to her mentioning his imminent death.

__6) More Floating Text:__ More floating text when Harold first meets Professor Jules Hilbert (Hoffman)

__7) More Floating Text:__ I realize im reusing things more than I would have liked to, I haven't found as many non-diegetic elements as I thought there were originally (it's been a while since seeing the movie), however it was a nice touch for the floating text counting his brush strokes after a "somewhat flirtatious encounter" with Ana Pascal (Gyllenhaal) to jumble up, and be replaced with "ANA".

__8) Narration Over a Montage:__ Starts when Harold is in a guitar store, and he still responds to the narration, making it diegetic. However, eventually, the scene changes, and Harold no longer acknowledges the narrator. Although we know the character the narrator is, I think that this could still count as a non-diegetic element.

__9) Harold Guitar Playing -> Music:__ Another diegetic to non-diegetic transition, this time with music. Harold plays Wreckless Eric's Whole Wide World on acoustic guitar. When he stops playing, the original song picks up from where he lets off, transitioning into non-diegetic music.

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