I have watched the film 'Rubber' last semester for a film class, and it definitely is a comical but with a real twisted, horrific sense. Our lecture was about the language of film and its construction of meaning where there are five essential plot lines to consider when deconstructing a film, which in this case, I will be looking at Quentin Dupieux's film 'Rubber'. Also, the three act structure is crucial in filmmaking.
The five essentials are:
- A believable, sympathetic main character
- The difficult problem that the character faces
- How they will overcome these hardships
- Climax
- Resolution
The three act structure is:
- Act 1(The Setup, where we get to know about the main character in play)
- Act 2 (Confrontation)
- Resolution (Where Act 1 and 2 are now solved)
Between each act we have plot points to smoothly run the story
Now, the film Rubber is a little tricky. I will only discuss Act 1. It's interesting to see that the protagonist is an object. A tyre brought to life. At first the audience does not know it's characteristics let alone the plot. But sooner or later the audience discovers that the tyre can kill people. A murdering tyre. That is the setup for the film 'Rubber', the main character wheels around and murder anything that gets in his way.
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