Semantic/Syntactic Approach ( Rick Altman)

Through Rick Altman's theory called the; SEMANTIC/SYNTACTIC APPROACH http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1225093?uid=3738032&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102790548997

1. Semantic
This is concerned with the conventions of the genre that communicate to the audience like the characters, locations, props and music. So we would apply in our short film, the two main characters; Rosalie and Paloma, Paloma seems to be under some psychological distress, the locations i.e the park and the bridge especially to emphasise her solitude as she's not battling something physical but mental.

2. Syntactic
This is concerned with the relations between these elements and the structure of narratices in genres. So in our short film, the audience will know that at the beginning of the film, the main protagonist will be dealing with a psychological issue, and maybe through the use of flashbacks, the audience will get to know where the issue first stemmed from and then usually by the end of the film, the psychological problem has been rectified.

By employing this Semantic/Syntactic, it enables us to produce a more sophisticated reading of any genre.