Narrative

Narrative

In ‘the life and death of Charlie st cloud’ narrative is shown throughout the film, as we see a lot of detail being presented by the characters being played by the actors. We first see narrative used in the beginning when the two boys who are brothers, ‘Sam and Charlie’ are sailing together with other actors/ sailors, in the film as they are sailing Sam and Charlie are talking about winning, getting to the finishing line. After the boys win they celebrate by getting their picture taken and it is then put into the local newspaper. The next scene is when we see the mother go to work, and she says “your on Sam duty” this is when Charlie has to look after his brother Sam,  Charlie gets all the chores done and then sneaks out to his car to go out to meet up with his friends, as Charlie puts his car lights on Sam pops out of nowhere in front of Charlie’s car, Sam gets a lift from Charlie as Sam is meant to be  going to his friends house to watch a football match, on the way to Sam’s friends house Charlie and Sam talk about the past between them two and their dad who is not seen at all throughout this film, Sam is afraid of losing Charlie as Charlie has the opportunity  to leave their home town/ village, Sam compares the situation with his dad leaving them when they were younger this shows a strong connection between the brothers. On the way Charlie and Sam Get caught up in traffic but suddenly a car hits the back of the car that Charlie and Sam are in, the car gets pushed making the car turn slightly but enough for the left side to be facing the oncoming cars, Sam faces Charlie and says his name just before a truck suddenly hits the left side of the car as it is facing the truck which is the same side where Sam is sitting. As the truck is close to the car it blacks out then comes straight into then we see Charlie and Sam ‘on the road sitting’, injured and bleeding a bit this is then followed by the next scene where Charlie is in an ambulance and is getting revived by the paramedic as this is all happening we see the paramedic hoping for a miracle as he kissed his symbol which is connected to a chain around his neck. Charlie opens his eyes and sees his brothers body under a sheet with his hand hanging out Charlie calls Sam’s name but no answer, then next scene we see other characters  in a grave yard with Charlie and the mother for Sam’s funeral as Charlie is asked to put the baseball glove inside the grave Charlie runs into the woods, as he falls the baseball drops and rolls, as the balls rolls back Charlie lifts his head and we see Sam but in a form of his ghost as he has past away. Five years pass since the death of Sam st cloud, we next see Charlie in the same grave yard where his brother was buried, Charlie works in the grave yard to be close to Sam, as the boys meet up midday, everyday Charlie and Sam play baseball together, the narrative is shown in this scene as the characters Charlie and Sam talk about what had happened and what would happen for example a sense for Sam to believe. Charlie meets a young girl ‘Tess’ they end up meeting in the grave yard as her dad has passed away, Charlie and Tess connect well and end up together as a couple we see their moments together, when Tess has dinner round Charlie’s cabin where he lives, and where she runs of and heads into the grave yard and they are interment and where she has gone missing and Charlie ends up finding her unconscious on the shore rock and saves her life.

The characters of Charlie and Sam make the story real and they tell the story/ film in their way for the audience to understand what is happening, the character are the narrators in the way of telling the story from their view by connecting with another without being the voice over in the film.