Directors: Maya Deren & Alexandr Hackenschmied

Year: 1943

How the protagonist and other characters are established and developed

• The protagonist takes the form of every character, and her character changes a lot throughout the film. This includes the form that she takes place, and by exploring the binary opposition of good and evil.

How time and place are established and represented

• The protagonist is in a dream like state, and the line between reality and dream is blurred beyond recognition

The use of enigma and narrative crisis and resolution

• The narrative crisis is heavily involved in the blurred line between reality and dream, as well as how the main character is actually all of the characters
• The use of objects/mise en scene like the mirror, the key and the flower

An exploration of binary oppositions in the films

Reality and Dream

• The line between the two is completely blurred, and the story becomes more and more layered in terms of this binary opposition as the short film continues. This includes in terms of characters and the mise en scene