aaron richard ashmore ( born october 7 , 1979 ) is a canadian film and television actor .

he is known for his roles on american television series , such as jimmy olsen on smallville and steve jinks on warehouse 13 .

he plays johnny jaqobis on the canadian television series killjoys .

he is the identical twin brother of actor shawn ashmore .

aaron ashmore

aaron ashmore is an actor known for smallville , the shrine and warehouse 13 .
day 4 of fan expo canada 2013 at toronto metro convention centre . - aaron ashmore
the show has just been renewed for a second season and aaron ashmore is breathing a sigh of relief .
seeing double : shawn and aaron ashmore , 37 , are identical twins . “smallville star” aaron was born one minute before his twin in richmond , british columbia , canada .
this site is not maintained by aaron ashmore or his management . it ' s strictly a fan run thing .
aaron ashmore ' red is for emmy ' - party for ' non - profit invisible children ' held at king king .
toronto - based actor , aaron ashmore , will be among the many special guests arriving in ottawa for this weekend’s pop expo .
shawn and aaron ashmore are constantly being mixed up by people , he says . but it hasn’t yet really invaded their acting careers .
aaron ashmore ' s movie my brother ' s keeper made its theatrical debut in toronto , ontario , canada on october 1 , 2004 .
aaron ashmore and his identical twin brother , shawn , were born on 7 october 1979 in richmond , british columbia , canada . shawn ashmore appeared on smallville before aaron—in the season one episode leech and the season three episode asylum , as eric summers . it would be nearly five years before aaron would take on the role of the elder brother of superman ' s future pal , jimmy olsen .
kryptonsite exclusive : aaron ashmore talks smallville at the television critics association press tour in pasadena , california on july 17 , we were able to catch up with aaron ashmore who takes on the role of jimmy olsen in smallville ' s sixth season , which begins airing on september 28 on the new cw network .
aaron carter , 29 , and his twin sister , angel ( left ) are extremely close . in fact , aaron walked his sister down the aisle in her 2014 wedding .
aaron richard ashmore is a canadian film and television actor , perhaps best known for his roles in american tv shows , as jimmy olsen in smallville and as steve jinks in warehouse 13 . he is the twin brother of actor shawn ashmore .
aaron portrays john jaqobis in season 1 , season 2 , season 3 and season 4 of killjoys .
“brothers & sisters” alum luke macfarlane , hannah john - kamen and aaron ashmore have been cast as the leads in syfy’s newest scripted series “killjoys , ” the cable network announced tuesday .
in 2011 , ashmore was cast in two cult hits , both airing on syfy in the us : lost girl and warehouse 13 . portraying the character steve jinks in warehouse 13 , ashmore’s role expanded from recurring appearances throughout season 3 to the main cast in seasons 4 and 5 . aaron ashmore can next be seen in the alejandro amenabar directed film regression .
actor / movie and book fan . also not shawn ashmore but an honest mistake .
aaron ashmore is an identical twin . his brother is shawn . that’s pretty unique , but consider this : both young men are also stars of sci - fi , on small and big screens .
shawn ashmore played bobby
iceman
drake in x - men : days of future past .
in summer 2015 , ashmore began his role as john jaqobis in the syfy original series killjoys .
. in other news i ' ve updated the projects side bar to reflect some upcoming convention appearances for aaron in 2014 .
aaron ashmore played daily planet photographer henry james
jimmy
olsen . he started his role during season six , and became a series regular during season seven and season eight . jimmy was killed off in the season 8 finale , doomsday , and aaron left the show as a series regular . aaron returned to smallville for the show ' s final episode finale , part 2 , in which he played an adult version of his henry ' s little brother james bartholomew olsen in the year 2018 .
a few seasons before aaron ashmore picked up jimmy’s iconic camera on the wb show , his twin brother shawn had actually starred on the show as eric summers , a villainous metahuman student whom clark went up against in two different episodes .
in 2004 , ashmore appeared in 4 episodes of the series veronica mars as the character troy vandegraff . ashmore’s appearance on the series proved incredibly popular and lead to appearances in two episodes of the west wing . ashmore was next cast as jimmy olsen in the teen superhero television hit , smallville . appearing in over 50 episodes of the series , ashmore’s jimmy olsen was an integral part of the mythology the show developed .
a behind the scenes photo of a short film that aaron recently filmed has hit the web and i added it to the gallery .
weeks ago , fbi agent sally stukowski ( ashley williams ) called in steve jinks ( aaron ashmore ) and artie nielsen ( saul rubinek ) to investigate what turned out to be an artifact painting . however , sally switched the painting before steve
aaron ashmore is no stranger to genre television . a lot of fans of science fiction television will recognize him from his days on smallvile , but now he & # 39 ; s got a whole new gig as an agent of warehouse 13
aaron and his twin brother shawn were born in richmond , british columbia , and raised in brampton , ontario , where he attended turner fenton secondary school , and earnscliffe senior public school . they have a
gma
tattoo on their wrists that stands for
good man ashmore
. their grandfather had a similar tattoo . on june 20 , 2014 aaron married zoë kate .
having risked his life helping save metropolis from super - powered bad guys as jimmy olsen in smallville , actor aaron ashmore was more than a little intrigued with the idea of joining warehouse 13 and playing “the new guy . ” “first and foremost what
ashmore said he goes out of his way to choose to audition for shows he personally has an interest in .
this season of warehouse 13 saw an addition to the cast with aaron ashmore as steve jinks . in may , thr broke the news that syfy , which recently axed plans for a sixth season of eureka , was developing a potential spinoff starring warehouse 13 character
led by eddie mcclintock , joanne kelly , and aaron ashmore , warehouse 13 is currently airing season three episodes on monday nights . in other renewal news , usa renewed two shows : suits and in plain sight . suits has been a solid addition to the usa
during the panel , allison dished that with the new addition of steve ( aaron ashmore ) , can really be a peer for claudia and will have a hand in her evolution of becoming a warehouse agent . the relationship between claudia and steve will be complex and
during a recent case in new york , sally brought in steve jinks ( aaron ashmore ) and artie nielsen ( saul rubinek ) to investigate an apparent artifact painting . sally pretended to know nothing about the artifact even as she & quot ; accidentially & quot ; activated it
aaron was one of people magazine ' s sexiest men alive , 2006 . he is found in the
doubly delicious
section with his twin brother .
the 34448 - square - foot center & # 39 ; s tenants include starbucks , payless shoesource , hallmark , gamestop , palm beach tan , great clips , cotton patch café , wingstop , and cash store . tommy tucker of ucr investment sales and aaron ashmore of ucr represented lnr
such discussion led to a segue into the new character , steve jinks ( played by aaron ashmore ) . apparently , he was only hired at the last minute ( & quot ; it was really right up to the wire , & quot ; according to executive producer jack kenny )
as they leave , pete lattimer ( eddie mcclintock ) , myka bering ( joanne kelly ) and the new guy , steve jinks ( aaron ashmore ) engage in some ill - advised target practice within the warehouse . hours later , pete and myka wake up in bed with each other ,
throughout the years , shawn has always been ahead of his brother in the acting sense partly due to the fact that when the twins were younger , aaron got a job to act in a commercial and was too ill to attend so shawn went in place for him . since then , aaron has taken a break from acting , and got to experience life as a regular teenager . it wasn ' t long though , before he got a job offer to guest star in the famous jett jackson in the year 2000 . since then , aaron ' s career has gradually been growing . aaron is now more sturdily built with a broader face , and broad shoulders .
he is the identical twin brother of actor shawn ashmore , who plays bobby
iceman
drake in the x - men films .
jinks ( aaron ashmore ) makes the unfortunate decision to whip a gun on mrs . frederic in this episode so for now he is going bye - bye . i hope this is a temporary thing and he comes back because i love the character , and i & # 39 ; ve really enjoyed having multiple
is very sadly leaving us and the final season has wrapped filming . aaron has also had convention appearances galore which means that many of you have been able to meet him !
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warehouse 13 continues to be just as fun and frothy as ever , but has upped the ante with the addition of aaron ashmore , whose steve jinks has brought a fresh perspective to the show . this week brought us pete & # 39 ; s reaction to steve & # 39 ; s coming - out ( it was
besides his recurring role on smallville , ashmore had roles in the 2007 films palo alto , privileged , the stone angel and the christmas cottage .
the brothers were born in b . c . but raised in brampton . aaron has lived in los angeles and in vancouver but in the past few years he has settled in toronto .
ashmore said his most recent role as jaqobis was the most drastic in terms of preparation he’s had to do before being ready to go on set .
series killjoys determined to clean house , the team resorts to drastic measures on a new episode of the space - set action drama . with aaron ashmore , luke macfarlane and hannah john - kamen . 8 p . m . syfy the great british baking show the five bakers are tasked with re - creating tudor - era favorites , . . .
one of the other unique elements to the sci - fi genre , according to ashmore , is what happens when the script calls for a character’s death .
wow what a surprise and a pleasant way to spend a sunday evening . 8 courses of superb eating . different delectable french wine to sample coupled with every course ? why , thank you . really impressed with aaron ashmore as well having achieved what he as at such a young age . great food , wine & company . great night all around !
back in the beginning of the summer , i noticed that aaron ashmore wasn & # 39 ; t included as a regular in the credits , and that made me pause . every scrap of information i & # 39 ; d received said he & # 39 ; d become part of the cast , but he was listed as a guest star each
aaron ashmore is known for playing marc hall in prom queen : the marc hall story . since then , he has appeared in the films safe , a separate peace , and a bear named winnie . he has also had guest roles on television shows such as the eleventh hour , the west wing , and 1 - 800 - missing . ashmore played the recurring role of troy vandegraff on the wb television series veronica mars , as well as the role of agent steve jinks on the syfy show warehouse 13 .
aaron’s twin brother shawn played jake , the leader of the animorphs , on this short - lived nickelodeon series about a group of kids who transform into animals to save the world from parasitic aliens that are possessing humans . “they were going to pull a green screen scenario , ” aaron says , “but it was going to end up being very expensive . but they knew shawn had a twin . ”
aaron has his gma - - which stands for good man ashmore - - tattooed on his left wrist . his grandfather had the same tattoo . shawn has this tattoo as well , on his right wrist . he also has a tattoo ( that we still haven ' t been able to get a decent picture of : \ ) on his right shoulder .
ashmore is perhaps best known for his roles as jimmy olsen in smallville and as steve jinks in warehouse 13 ( both american tv shows made in canada ) .
loyalists will surely support this proudly canadian feature nonetheless , which could lead to limited domestic theatrical play . harper ( sara canning ) isn ' t exactly hitting on all cylinders after a major tiff with her boyfriend ray ( aaron ashmore ) , followed by his rejection of her ill - timed marriage proposal , complete with the engagement ring she wants him to put on her finger .
dear @ ttcnotices , please get it together with the payment options on your new streetcars . i ' d love to pay but the machines are always broken . so much lost revenue . all the best aaron .
ashmore is familiar with previous interpretations of jimmy olsen , particularly from the richard donner movies and the recent superman returns film . in fact , sam huntington , who played jimmy olsen in superman returns , is a friend . because of their busy schedules , they haven ' t gotten a chance to talk about it , but it is something aaron would like to do in the future .
my roommate mike [ daugherty , one of the screenwriters of superman returns ] told him that i got the part , and he text messaged me , like ' yeah ! way to go aaron ' and stuff . i haven ' t talked to him because i ' ve just been all over the place , but i ' m looking forward to sitting down with him , and being like ' big screen , small screen . who knew ? '
fans of veronica mars may remember aaron ashmore and sam huntington sharing screen time in the season 1 episode
you think you know somebody .
m & amp ; c : can you talk a little bit about the decision to add aaron ashmore & # 39 ; s character this year ? he seems to have fit in very well . jack k . : i & # 39 ; m glad to hear that because i & # 39 ; m sure a lot of people were worried . you always worry when adding a new character
while aaron is one of the three principal characters in the space network show killjoys , where he plays john jaqobis , one of three bounty hunters bringing to justice bad guys who operate in a planetary system called the quad .
best known for roles in much loved series smallville and warehouse 13 , canadian born aaron ashmore’s acting career began in his youth , appearing in a small role in the aruthr hiller - directed film , married to it . from there , he appeared in canadian television productions such as are you afraid of the dark ? and due south before making an appearance in an episode of the nickelodeon series animorphs .
ashmore originally was up for the role of jaime waite for the teen medical program in a heartbeat , but didn ' t make the cut . christopher ralph beat him to it .
as john jaqobis on syfy’s kick - butt summer series killjoys , aaron ashmore gets to blast into outer space . jaqobis , older brother d’avin ( luke macfarlane ) , and fellow bounty hunter dutch ( hannah john - kamen ) make a formidable trio , serving warrants for various individuals they’re tasked with recovering for the reclamation apprehension coalition ( rac ) — while also trying to navigate what could be an impending civil war .
ashmore originally auditioned for the role of duncan kane , veronica’s ex - boyfriend , on rob thomas’ teen - noir drama . that role eventually went to teddy dunn , but ashmore was called back in season 1 to play troy vandegraff , who briefly dated veronica before it was revealed that he was just using her to help him smuggle steroids into the country from mexico .
ashmore starred in two different episodes of this horror anthology series : in 1993 , he played billy , a young boy who visits the 13th floor of his apartment building with his sister , and in 2000 , ashmore took on the role of jake , a jock who had to team up with a popular girl to save the world from a threat against the planet .
coming to his personal life he was dating zoe kate . he has a good relation with her girlfriend and they decided to get married . in 2014 zoe kate was known as the wife of aaron richard ashmore . they are happily married couple and there is mutual understanding between both of them . his personal life and professional life are well managed . since he is married to a girl proves that he is not gay .
the screening information for aaron ' s new movie , ' i put a hit on you ' , at slamdance is in ! the 2014 slamdance film festival will take place in park city , ut from january 17th - 23rd , 2014 .
he is an amazing character and an extraordinary actor . he has shined in all of his roles in tv shows and pictures and this has made him the actor he is today . he is not only an astonishing actor but also a very handsome man and his attractive smile has flattered women in the past and will keep on doing so in future . he is none other than the very brilliant and very versatile aaron richard ashmore .
killjoys isn’t the first genre show ashmore has been a part of . he also photographed superman as jimmy olsen on the wb’s smallville , betrayed veronica mars , and retrieved objects for warehouse 13 .
in 2010 , ashmore starred as marcus , one of the three journalists who investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice in a small town in poland , in the horror film the shrine .
ashmore’s television career flourished with further roles in series and tv movies such as crime in connecticut : the story of alex kelly , love letters , emily of new moon , run the wild fields , the famous jett jackson and la femme nikita before transition into more film roles . 2001 saw ashmore appear in the films the safety of objects and treed murray , both roles expanding upon his versatile repertoire .
as season 3 of killjoys ramps up , ew spoke to ashmore about what fans can expect from johnny — who’s gone through some recent changes — as well as what he loved about his previous parts .
there is something always very satisfying about playing death scenes ,
said ashmore , adding he was killed off in the first season of the show warehouse 13 where he played as agent steve jinks .
ashmore , 32 , has filled many sci - fi roles during his career but expects ottawans to best recognize him for his role as jimmy olson , the intrepid photojournalist he played on the tv series smallville .
fans of veronica mars are probably the ones who know aaron the best , from his role as troy vandegraff in several episodes of the show ' s first season and one episode in year two . so what was it like going from one snarky blonde to another , as jimmy is rumored to be romantically involved with chloe sullivan in smallville ' s sixth year ?
i feel really , really lucky to be able to do that . somebody ' s gotta do it , so i will definitely volunteer to be the one that goes from one beautiful girl to the next ,
aaron says .
he was cast as jimmy olsen , first love interest of chloe sullivan , for the sixth season of smallville on the wb television network and continued to play him into its eighth season . [ 2 ] two years after leaving the show , ashmore returns to play his character ' s younger brother on the series finale . coincidentally , his friend sam huntington played olsen in superman returns and the two have both appeared in veronica mars . ashmore ' s twin brother appeared on smallville in earlier seasons , and he was offered by director bryan singer to play jimmy olsen in superman returns before huntington . besides his recurring role on smallville , ashmore had roles in the 2007 films palo alto , privileged , the stone angel and the christmas cottage . aaron starred the horror film fear island , with haylie duff in vancouver . urltoken announced on october 6 , 2010 , that he will have a role in maple pictures comedy film servitude , which stars joe dinicol , lauren collins , linda kash , and john bregar .
as for troy’s later return , ashmore thinks it allowed veronica to be the bigger person as she worked to prove that troy was indeed innocent : “it was interesting to have her stand up for somebody who’d totally screwed her over . ”
in 2011 , ashmore joined season 3 of syfy series warehouse 13 , where he played the role of atf agent steve jinks , a human polygraph of sorts – who has the unique ability to discern whether someone is lying or not .
, in richmond , british columbia , canada . he is the son of homemaker linda and manufacturing engineer rick . when they were 10 , their mother was a part of a club called the
multiple births association ,
or as aaron likes to call it ,
the multiple rugrats .
the support group , located in alberta . . .
a regular human , ashmore’s nate was a struggling musician who was childhood best friends with kenzi ( ksenia solo ) , human best friend to succubus bo ( anna silk ) . nate’s return to kenzi’s life sparked a romance , but to keep him safe from magical threats , she wound up breaking up with him a few episodes later . “i don’t think that he ever found out anything about all the magic and the dangerous things that were going on , and it was kind of sad because he was falling in love with her , ” says ashmore .
“shawn’s character interacted with clark so much , ” ashmore says . “i almost didn’t audition for it because i thought ‘there’s no way that they’re going to hire the twin brother of a guy who was heavily featured on the show . ’” luckily , he went to the audition .
aaron has already done a day of shooting as jimmy olsen and is impressed with the
well - oiled machine
they have at smallville .
it was actually the first day that they started back . even with a 3 - month break or whatever it is , they just jump right back in . so it was great ,
he said .
the series also gave ashmore a chance to play two different versions of the character when a magically imbued object in the mystical warehouse split jinks into two . “it was interesting to shoot because you’re literally playing one very stern grumpy version of the character , and the other half is this flamboyantly gay version of him , ” remembers ashmore . “the idea is if you mix them together you get who steve is . but when they’re separated , they’re just polar opposites . getting to play both of them and interact with myself through a green screen was really fun . ”
“i thought he was an interesting character because he wasn’t your stereotypically calm or centered buddhist , ” ashmore recalls . “he could be a little uptight or negative at times . so it was funny that he was [ buddhist ] , because you wouldn’t assume that . it was just something he adopted to help center himself . ”
aaron does not know at this time how many episodes of smallville will feature jimmy olsen , but he has had time for some outside projects . one project is currently filming - a movie called palo alto also starring ryan hansen ,
dick casablancas
of veronica mars .
i don ' t know when it ' s going to be out , but keep an eye open for it , because i think it ' s gonna be great ,
aaron tells us . and although he does not know what the plans are , he wouldn ' t rule out a return appearance on veronica mars if they should want to bring back troy .
i think veronica mars is a great show , so if they wanted me to , i would love to . i love the show , and i love the character of troy , too ,
he tells us .
“it doesn’t mean that he’s a completely different character , ” says ashmore , “but some of the things that have happened to him over the past two seasons are showing . it’s interesting because d’avin is playing some of the lighter stuff and keeps feeling like he’s joined this family , so he’s opening up , while john’s closing up a little bit . ”
it’s these additional dimensions to his character that keep ashmore so excited about playing john : “there’s obviously this real heart to him , but at the same time he also surprises me as an actor by shooting someone in the head , or blowing somebody away . getting a chance to play a three - dimensional character has been pretty fun and exciting . ”
aaron ' s first s mallville scenes are set at the daily planet , where he shares screen time with allison mack ( chloe ) and tom welling ( clark ) .
i got to do a couple scenes with allison mack , and i did a scene with tom welling as well . both were very welcome , and it was just totally cool . they were just like , ' come and play ' . it was really great ,
he revealed .
as as result , ashmore says he “obviously responds” to similar material , but he also credits the direction of his career to the rising popularity of genre storytelling : “as an actor , you’re going out for a ton of different things , but if half of it is genre stuff , the likelihood that you’re going to get into some of that is pretty high . ”
“there’s maybe a little bit of darkness that’s crept into john this season , ” ashmore says . and no wonder — last season , john’s girlfriend , pawter simms ( sarah power ) was killed , leading him to not only shoot her killer ( mayko nguyen’s delle sayah kendry ) in revenge but also leave his partners ( and their ship ) and set off on his own .
the actor didn’t know about his character’s true intentions until the got the script for that episode , which he says helped his performance . “i think it’s interesting because then you’re not playing into anything or foreshadowing that he’s going to be a bad guy , ” says ashmore . “you actually think that he’s going to be this really cool guy and that he and veronica are going to get along very well . ”
last season on warehouse 13 , walter sykes ( anthony michael hall ) devised to destroy the warehouse and get vengeance on the regents . although it backfired that resulted to his demise , sykes was successful at destroying the warehouse and therefore , killing several others in the process . mrs . frederic ( cch pounder ) , steve jinks ( aaron ashmore ) and h . g . wells ( jaime murray ) were all killed . this leaves the last remaining ones , pete lattimer ( eddie mcclintock ) , myka bering ( joanne kelly ) , and artie nielsen ( saul rubinek ) with the tough task of traveling to the other side of the planet to find an artifact that may or may not exist . what kind of artifact is it ? what could be the ultimate price of possessing it ? if the team is able to find it , how then will it impact things on warehouse 13 season 4 ? which warehouse 13 character are you ?
souvenir from the set : “when killjoys ends , hopefully not for a couple more years , i would definitely take my jacket , ” says ashmore . “they custom make these jackets , and they have all this really cool armor and patches , and all that stuff on them . we also have these futuristic guns that look like regular guns , but they’ve been modified so they’re really cool , so i’d take that , and definitely a few little science - y things . ”
“there was this huge aspect of [ jimmy’s ] personality that was very insecure and and constantly worried about chloe loving clark that felt a bit soap - ish in a way that i wasn’t crazy about , ” ashmore admits . “but i really liked the interactions with clark and how interested jimmy was in superman and tracking him down . they definitely had a lot of great moments where he was putting the pieces together that clark is superman , which felt very iconic to me . ”
as for the popular book series itself , ashmore says while he never read all of it because he and his brother were in their late teens when shawn was starring on the show , he did pick up a few books when his brother got cast . “i thought they were really fun , and that it was a good little series… but we may have missed it . if we were five or six years younger , we probably would have been the perfect age range for them . ”
“ [ troy ] was so nice to veronica and she’d had such a crappy time of things that people were like , ‘this guy’s great . ’ it lulled them into a false sense of security , so when he turned out to be a jerk , people were so angry at him , ” says ashmore , who enjoyed playing troy’s sense of humor and wit . “he could have been such a nice guy and great for veronica , but like most people , he turned out to be an ass . ”
“when i did the first one , i was definitely a fan of the show . i was the perfect age range for that , ” ashmore recalls . “by the time i did the second episode , i still watched it , but i was a little older , so i was into slightly older things . but most of my friends watched the show , too , so it was something that you did that all of your friends were going to watch , and you knew that so that was exciting . ”
photographer marcus ( aaron ashmore ) and workaholic journalist carmen ( cindy sampson ) are on the verge of a breakup , but carmen thinks she can salvage the relationship at the same time she can boost her career by breaking a missing person’s story about an american backpacker who disappeared somewhere in poland . going against her boss’ orders , she hops over to a small village with marcus and her babe - in - the - woods assistant sara ( meghan heffern ) . threatened by the locals but refusing to leave without answers , the trio come upon a clearing in the woods engulfed in a dense white fog . inside the fog is a demonic statue that seems to be alive . then the villagers get really pissed about trespassing on their “shrine” and carmen and sara soon find themselves dressed in white for a cult sacrifice . i had a strange feeling that meghan heffern was channeling heather matarazzo’s character from hostel : part ii , and you know how that turned out for her . ( watching the torture / death scene involving a mask with sharp metal thorns being pummeled into the victim’s eyes , i had a nice flashback to barbara steele’s death at the beginning of black sunday ) .
“i’ve always been a big fan of science fiction and fantasy , ” says ashmore , who was a big chronicles of narnia and tolkien fan when he was younger . “i was a huge star trek fan . i watched next generation every day whenever it was on , and then i got into deep space nine which i really , really liked . i also loved the x - files , which was a huge show i didn’t miss . my parents , my brother , and i would watch it every week it was on . ”
the role may have been in his sci - fi wheelhouse , but it did challenge him in another area : as nate , ashmore had to play guitar on camera . “it turned out fine , but it was a little nerve wracking pushing your boundaries around stuff like that , where you’re like , ‘there’s going to be a lot of people watching me sing , and i’m not a singer . ’ but that’s a great thing about playing these roles . sometimes you end up pushing yourself a little out of your comfort zone . ”
“that show had a really big fan base , but also the character i played was gay , and that really resonated with a lot of people , ” says ashmore about his role as steve jinks , a new warehouse agent introduced in the third season of the syfy drama . jinks was hired to replace myka bering ( joanne kelly ) before being partnered with claudia donovan ( stitchers ’ allison scagliotti ) . it was revealed that not only was jinks gay and a buddhist , but that he also had the ability to tell when anyone is lying .
“i couldn’t believe that i booked the part , ” laughs ashmore of his role as jimmy olsen , who worked alongside clark kent ( tom welling ) and lois lane ( erica durance ) as a photojournalist at the daily planet , where he the first person to get a photo of ‘the blur’ ( clark’s superhero moniker at the time ) . jimy also married and divorced clark’s best friend chloe sullivan ( allison mack ) . he would later die on the series , but not before learning clark’s secret and telling his ex - wife he would always love her .
he was showned as jimmy olsen , first love attention of chloe sullivan , for the sixth period of smallville on the wb tv network and sustained to act him into its eighth season . two years after goodbye the show , ashmore returns to play his attractiveness ' s younger brother on the series ending . unexpectedly , his colleague sam huntington played olsen in superman returns and the two have together seen in veronica mars . urltoken publicized on october 6 , 2010 , that he will have a part in maple pictures funniness movie servitude , which stars joe dinicol , lauren collins , linda kash , and john bregar .
cloaking the hitman in anonymity is another miscalculation – without a clear threat , much of the urgency dissipates . the script ' s shortcomings fortunately don ' t put undue limitations on the actors , who remain enticing through much of the film . canning plays the linchpin , her outrageous ( if implausible ) behavior providing the impetus for the couple ' s inconsistent chemistry . ashmore at first appears sympathetic as her frazzled boyfriend , until revelations about his personal history tip the power balance back to neutral . working within some obvious resource constraints , stewart and clark keep the film looking nicely polished , sustained by james klopko ' s lucent cinematography .
i ' m not the most gregarious personality , so any amount of attention makes me shy or nervous , but i ' m not opposed to that at all . people respond to the character and care about him , and that makes me proud that we ' ve created a character together with the writers that people really care about , and that ' s the biggest compliment to me .
anne blythe has a great life : a good job , close friends , and a potential book deal for her first novel . when it comes to finding someone to share her life with , however , she just can ' t seem to get it right . when her latest relationship implodes , and her best friend announces she ' s engaged , anne impulsively calls what she thinks is a dating serviceâ€”only to discover that it ' s actually an exclusive , and pricey , arranged
after all , arranged marriages are the norm for millions of women around the world ; maybe it could work for her .
a few months later , anne is traveling to a mexican resort , where , over the course of a weekend , she meets and then marries jack . and initially , everything seems to be working out .
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so it ' s been over a year since there was an update to this website and a lot of things have happened since then .
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than hawke is one of the most naturally plausible screen actors working today , but regression is the film that has finally defeated him . not even he can sell you on the psychological turmoil of a man who’s haunted by a sachet of cup - a - soup .
this is , believe it or not , one of the less absurd twists of alejandro amenábar’s supernatural thriller , in which hawke plays bruce kenner , a minnesotan plain - clothes cop who’s investigating a suspected local outbreak of devil - worship .
from its occult premise to the voguishly dingy 1990s period setting and plentiful shots of greenish oil refineries , the film desperately wishes it were true detective – though its plot feels heavily inspired by the notorious
west memphis three
case of 1993 , in which a trio of arkansas teenagers were wrongly convicted of murdering three young boys in a stomach - churning blood rite .
the victim here is still alive , but only just . she’s angela ( emma watson ) , a frail and troubled teenager whose father john ( david dencik ) confesses to having sexually abused her , even though he has no specific memory of the crime . baffled , kenner turns to dr raines ( david thewlis ) , an english hypnotherapist with both the appearance and personality of an illegally dumped armchair .
the doctor uses regression therapy to draw out the gory particulars , and gory is indeed the word for them .
angela , it transpires , was an unwilling participant in some dread satanic ceremony – and further details gleaned from her waifish runaway brother ( devon bostick ) and distressed - leather handbag of a grandmother ( dale dickey ) paint a truly boschian picture of child sacrifice and ritualistic rape in the moonlit backwoods . the initially sceptical kenner is shaken , and suspects he might be the next target of this murderous cabal . and this is where , among other things , the cup - a - soup comes in .
as the director of the others and open your eyes , amenábar is no stranger to psychologically vivid thrillers with ghostly overtones , but regression feels depressingly like journeyman work . a few flourishes make an impression – close - ups of the hooded figures evoke the flash - frames of the demon pazuzu in the exorcist – but they’re exclusively visual , and tend to be defanged by the corny sound effects ( so much backwards whispering ) and snarlingly unsubtle score .
by all rights , watson should be the film’s unnerving heart , but her role – through the fault of the script , rather than the actress – is pure dramatic cardboard . as for the wisdom of building a did - she - didn’t - she guessing game around a vulnerable young woman’s rape testimony , the choice feels at best unfortunate .
the real west memphis three case has already been well - served by cinema , in atom egoyan’s underrated procedural devil’s knot , the paradise lost documentaries , and amy berg’s excellent west of memphis . all of those films took a sober , analytical tack that was at shivery odds with the lurid material . regression fails by trying to have it both ways : you just can’t feel sceptical and scared at the same time .
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jon knautz’s sophomore effort the shrine surprised me . it’s a blend of certain genre horrors – satanic cults , torture porn , demonic possession flicks – and out of the mix it creates something heady , and if the beginning comes across as a bit ho - hum ( characters follow the horror handbook by making stupid decisions ) , the ending makes up for it by subverting audience expectations in a number of ways . the horrors , when they come , are visceral and uncompromising – and upon further reflection , political . if the shrine indulges our sense of superiority in watching these kinds of films by having its characters make predictable decisions ( a character gets multiple warning signs – from dreams and irate villagers , but ignores them ) , it punishes them ( and the audience ) by upending the “final girl” trope completely . it reminded me of when richard falcon described miike’s audition ( and hitchcock’s psycho ) as a “breach of contract between filmmaker and audience . ” i’m not sure that the shrine does it as well as those films , but i like that it tries .
sure , i ' m an evil demon . but i love modeling on the side .
the shrine plays a little bit with conventions . one example is how our victims see the villagers as demons / monsters , a tactic that is eventually revealed to be misdirection , but it’s a good one . the movie has some other neat tricks , especially during the final minutes when it suddenly becomes the evil dead , with a newly possessed “deadite” laying waste to the poor saps who obviously haven’t been doing their cult thing long enough . i have to tread lightly here when discussing the plot , lest i give away too much . i will just say that there is a reason why the polish spoken by the villagers isn’t subtitled ( and i hear that it’s butchered polish anyway , but no matter for english speakers ) . i will also tell you that because the ending packs a decent visual punch , the fact that the whole sequence plays out in a different language is of no lasting consequence , a testament to the power of horror in the visual medium . no , they’re definitely not in poland ( more like ontario ) , and we’re never told the origins of the evil statue in the fog , but that’s not the point anyway .
there’s something of political commentary in the shrine , as evidenced by the need for carmen to intervene in a situation that she has no business doing , as unprepared she and her friends are for the mission . when they get to the village , they find that they are subject to forces they don’t understand , and they misidentify the source of the danger – the villagers / cultists are the “enemy” only because of the barriers in language , custom , and religion . sounds like a jab at america’s foreign policy , doesn’t it ? even without that subtext , the film entertains and matches its fatalism ( the “chosen” ones are already doomed , like ti west’s house of the devil or sam raimi’s drag me to hell ) with a sense of cosmic justice ( the one character who is the most reasonable and cautious escapes alive ) . the shrine seems more fresh than a lot of its counterparts in modern horror . i think it’s worth a look .
i am so intrigued by ed & lorraine warren . i h . . .
crime scene cleaner morgan catches the eye of a young detective and they team up to solve a crime while dealing with the feelings that are growing between them .
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he is one of the most significant figures of american narratology ( theory of narrative ) , being regarded as a prominent representative of its structuralist or " classic " branch .

seymour chatman

seymour chatman is survived by his wife , barbara blomer , and his daughters : emily chatman duffy , jennifer a . chatman , and mariel chatman lasalle .
to contact seymour’s family please write to : seymour . memorial @ yahoo . com .
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the international society for the study of narrative is delighted to confer its wayne c . booth lifetime achievement award on seymour chatman . we are fortunate to have seymour here today to accept this award in person .
seymour benjamin chatman , professor emeritus of rhetoric and film at the university of california , berkeley passed away on november 4 , 2015 at his home in berkeley .
a memorial event for seymour will take place in berkeley on february 12 , 2016 .
seymour chatman ( august 30 , 1928 - november 4 , 2015 ) was an american film and literary critic and professor emeritus of rhetoric at the university of california , berkeley .
a memorial event for seymour will take place in berkeley on evening of february 12 , 2016 .
seymour was a beloved husband , father , and grandfather , and he had a wide circle of friends . he is survived by his wife , barbara blomer , three daughters , emily chatman duffy , jennifer a . chatman , and mariel chatman lassalle ; four granddaughters , ava , sonya , noémie , and anaïs ; and three sons - in - law , ken duffy , russell barnett , and thibaut lassalle . he is also survived by ex - wives evelyn baughn and sidsel ramson . seymour was preceded in death by his beloved uncle , leonard chatman .
seymour was a beloved husband , father , and grandfather , and he had a wide circle of friends . he is survived by his wife , barbara blomer , three daughters , emily chatman duffy , jennifer a . chatman , and mariel chatman lassalle ; four granddaughters , ava , sonya , noã¨mie , and anaã¯s ; and three sons - in - law , ken duffy , russell barnett , and thibaut lassalle . he is also survived by ex - wives evelyn baughn and sidsel ramson . seymour was preceded in death by his beloved uncle , leonard chatman .
seymour chatman died at his home in berkeley november 4 , 2015 , at the age of 87 . an internationally acclaimed literary critic and narratologist , he introduced and refined many of the basic terms used to describe narrative . in 2012 , the international society for the study of narrative conferred on seymour chatman a lifetime achievement award for the “foundational contributions his work has made to the discipline of narrative theory , ” citing
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and
introduction
of narrative perspective : cognition and emotion , edited by will van peer and seymour chatman ( albany : state university of new york press , 2001 ) , 117 - 131 .
seymour was born on aug . 30 , 1928 in detroit , michigan , to william b . and betty davis chatman . he attended central high school . seymour was part of a large extended family in the local jewish community , though his immediate family was small . he lost his father while in his teens and his younger brother michael while in his 20s .
seymour was born on aug . 30 , 1928 in detroit , michigan , to william b . and betty davis chatman . he attended central high school . seymour was part of a large extended family in the local jewish community , though his immediate family was small . he lost his father while in his teens and his younger brother michael while in his 20s . seymour attended wayne state university in detroit , earning his bachelor’s degree in 1948 . in 1956 , he earned a ph . d . in english and literature from the university of michigan , ann arbor . early in his career , seymour worked on a state …
the award our society presents today joins the roll call of honors that seymour has already received : the fulbright , acls , guggenheim , rockefeller , and neh . but it is with a special sense of gratitude for his particular contribution to both the study of narrative and to this narrative society that we today confer on seymour chatman the wayne c . booth lifetime achievement award .
seymour was born on august 30 , 1928 in detroit , michigan , to william b . and betty davis chatman . he attended central high school . seymour was part of a large extended family in the local jewish community , though his immediate family was small . he lost his father while in his teens and his younger brother michael while in his twenties . seymour attended wayne state university in detroit , earning his bachelor ' s degree in 1948 . in 1956 , he earned a ph . d . in english and literature from the
for a wonderful overview of seymour’s life and work , please visit urltoken to read an interview with him by a former student in 2001 .
seymour benjamin chatman , professor emeritus of rhetoric and film at the university of california , berkeley passed away on nov . 4 , 2015 at his home in berkeley with his devoted wife barbara , daughter jennifer , and friend carl by his side . he was 87 .
seymour chatman is primarily a film scholar , but his research aims to encompass the broad concept of narrative in all its forms . chatman belongs to the structuralist school of criticism , and finds that structuralism is an effective and useful approach toward understanding narrative . his position finds that narrative is a combination of “a what and a way” , where the what is the story of a narrative , and the way is its discourse .
in lieu of flowers or gifts , donations may be made in seymour’s name to the north berkeley senior center , or to the ucsf brain and memory center .
, ann arbor . early in his career , seymour worked on a state department translation project at cornell university and then became a professor on the faculty of the university of pennsylvania .
that seymour has been at the center of such turning points for the field reflects , of course , the value placed upon his work throughout his career . but his active participation in such communities is also constitutive of the way he works . as a theorist , seymour seeks not to invent ex nihilo but to move a collective project forward . some of seymour’s most famous ideas come out of his desire to repair or improve the ideas of fellow narrative theorists . we might think in this regard of the refinements that seymour has made in our understanding of point of view , taking us beyond genettian focalization with concepts such as “slant” and “filter” ; or of his defense of booth’s implied author , revisioned as detached from booth’s ethical agenda . but it is also part of seymour’s openness to intellectual exchange that he good naturedly enters into debate with theorists who are hostile to the project of narratology—and in reading his replies to , say , “contextualist” or deconstructivist attacks on the field , one appreciates how seymour gives the best account he can of what these critiques might be , even as he delineates their limits and finds new ways to reiterate the value of structuralist narratology .
professor chatman received many awards and honors in his long career , including the wayne c . booth lifetime achievement award from the narrative society , as well as fulbright and guggenheim fellowships .
a celebration of the life of seymour benjamin chatman took place february 12 , 2016 in the morrison library on the berkeley campus . speakers included his former students , friends , and colleagues : emeritus professor of psychology and linguistics ; dan slobin ; uc santa barbara film and media studies professor constance penley ; professor of english , dorothy hale ; and , rhetoric lecturer , marilyn fabe .
for the specialist in the study of narrative structure , this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story―whatever the medium . chatman , whose approach here is at once dualist and structuralist , divides his subject into the ' what ' of the narrative ( story ) and the ' way ' ( discourse ) . . . chatman ' s command of his material is impressive .
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seymour attended wayne state university in detroit , earning his bachelor’s degree in 1948 . in 1956 , he earned a ph . d . in english and literature from the university of michigan , ann arbor . early in his career , seymour worked on a state department translation project at cornell university and then became a professor on the faculty of the university of pennsylvania . his academic career also included visiting positions at the university of melbourne , zurich university , and the university of venice , among other institutions .
seymour traveled extensively for both work and pleasure , and lived for periods in europe and australia . his interests over the years included photography , ceramics , swimming , and tennis . he was an excellent and intuitive cook , and hisbouillabaisse was legendary . seymour never stopped telling some of the old jokes he learned back in detroit as a boy , and they were often embellished anew with each performance . music was an integral part of his life , and he played classical piano and was a jazz aficionado .
seymour was an inspiring teacher , a genial colleague and collaborator . in her commendation of him on behalf of the international society for the study of narrative , dorothy hale points to seymour’s “career - long habits of critical inquiry , theoretical creativity , and professional engagement that helped create a scholarly world” that mattered , that generated excitement and rigorous debate within a strong professional community . he was at the center of important symposia , bringing together thinkers whose debates , when edited and published , resulted in disciplinary transformation .
seymour traveled extensively for both work and pleasure , and lived for periods in europe and australia . his interests over the years included photography , ceramics , swimming , and tennis . he was an excellent and intuitive cook , and his bouillabaisse was legendary . seymour never stopped telling some of the old jokes he learned back in detroit as a boy , and they were often embellished anew with each performance . music was an integral part of his life , and he played classical piano and was a jazz aficionado .
seymour traveled extensively for both work and pleasure ; he also lived for longer periods in europe and australia . his interests over the years included photography , ceramics , swimming , and tennis . he was an excellent and intuitive cook , and his bouillabaisse was legendary . seymour never stopped telling some of the jokes he learned back in detroit as a boy , though they were often embellished anew with each performance . music was an integral part of his life . he played classical piano and he was a jazz aficionado .
narrative structure in fiction and film . ' for the specialist in the study of narrative structure , this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story - whatever the medium . chatman , whose approach here is at once dualist and structuralist , divides his subject into the ' what ' of the narrative ( story ) and the ' way ' ( discourse ) . . . chatman ' s command of his material is impressive . '
seymour has , happily , worked out many of his ideas through his active participation in the narrative society . he was a plenary speaker at the first official narrative conference in 1986 and appeared in the pages of the first issue of narrative . in 2003 , he helped organize the annual conference at berkeley . he has been in between and beyond a regular contributor to the society and to its journal . always moving forward , seymour’s recent essay “backwards , ” an investigation of the narrative structure of reverse chronology narratives , appeared in narrative in 2009 .
chatman ' s study is the only complete account of antonioni ' s work available in english . its novel visual approach to the films while attract not only film scholars but also readers interested in painting and architecture—both important elements of antonioni ' s work .
one of these forms of narration is free direct speech , which is an interior monologue . this form of narration is frequently used in pride and prejudice , and chatman explains the critical features of interior monologues in five bullet points : ( p . 182 - 183 )
cornell university press , united states , 1980 . paperback . condition : new . revised ed . . language : english . brand new book . for the specialist in the study of narrative structure , this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story - whatever the medium . chatman , whose approach here is at once dualist and structuralist , divides his subject into the what of the narrative ( story ) and the way ( discourse ) . chatman s command of his material is impressive . - library journal .
seymour enjoyed a long teaching career in the department of rhetoric and continued to teach as a professor in the graduate school for a decade after his retirement in 1993 . reading narrative fiction ( macmillan 1993 ) detailed his teaching methods and made the study of narrative accessible to a broader audience of teachers and readers . pedagogic concerns were at the center of all his work . for seymour , the end of all the high theory was the classroom where he taught students how to read , how to take pleasure in the discovery of story and narrative strategies through analysis of small - scale and large - scale effects of language and textual meaning .
the latter part of this chapter discusses macroscopic plot structures . chatman argues that to form characterization of narrative forms , it is necessary to understand cultural codes , among other things . without understanding these , typologies of narratives ( for instance , propp ) must be narrow and confined to particular domains .
what i appreciate most in chatman ' s study are the problem - solving activities and ambitions : again and again , he proves capable of defining areas to investigate ( the borders between narrative and other temporal genres , for example , the typography of plots , the distinctive features of foregrounding and backgrounding ) and of discussing narrative in terms of problems and solutions . when i opened the chatman volume , 1read the blurb first : ' a judicious and well - informed book , story and discourse should become the standard guide to narrative and to modern thinking about narrative . ' the blurb is right .
―gerald prince , mln
the evolution of the speech department into the present - day department of rhetoric with its emphasis on discourse theory and practice in many ways paralleled the intellectual trajectory of seymour’s scholarly career during the nineteen sixties and seventies . although he was perhaps less involved in the administrative matters of creating a new department than in substantive intellectual ones , his role in creating vibrant , interdisciplinary fields cannot be underestimated . seymour chatman’s international standing as a leading literary theorist and narratologist drew graduate students interested in newly emerging continental structuralist approaches , as well as visiting critical theorists and filmmakers . his teaching and scholarly interests eventually led to a program in film and to the current department of film and media , and certainly also contributed to the genesis of a program in critical theory . he pioneered the study of film at berkeley with his successful course “novel into film” and served as faculty advisor to berkeley’s first doctoral students in film , many of whom went on to establish influential film studies journals and programs at american and european universities .
what i appreciate most in chatman ' s study are the problem - solving activities and ambitions : again and again , he proves capable of defining areas to investigate ( the borders between narrative and other temporal genres , for example , the typography of plots , the distinctive features of foregrounding and backgrounding ) and of discussing narrative in terms of problems and solutions . when i opened the chatman volume , 1read the blurb first : ' a judicious and well - informed book , story and discourse should become the standard guide to narrative and to modern thinking about narrative . ' the blurb is right .
- - gerald prince , mln
seymour’s international prominence brought him many honors and awards––including two fulbrights , a guggenheim fellowship , five neh fellowships , a rockefeller grant , an irex travelling fellowship to poland and russia , guest professorships at the university of zurich and the university of bologna where he was plenary lecturer at the alma mater sudiorum saecularia nona in october 1988 for the 900 th anniversary , and the university of melbourne 1991 where he was a pacific rim exchange professor .
seymour was the editor and translator of literary style : a symposium ––a controversial 1971 volume of essays from an international symposium that continued an intellectual exchange begun at the 1960 indiana university conference on “style in language . ” seymour conceived of the meeting and organized the event that took place in 1969 in bellagio , italy , at the rockefeller foundation’s villa serbelloni . among the linguists and literary critics he invited to participate in the conversation were roman jakobson , josephine miles , pierre guiraud , rene wellek , w . k . wimsatt , jean starobinski , steven ullman , tzvetan todorov , ivan fonagy , paul zumthor , ruqaiya hasan , and roland barthes . further breakthrough symposia followed , including approaches to poetics of the 1973 english institute ; the proceedings of the first international congress on semiotics , edited with umberto eco ; and in 1981 , on narrative , a special issue of critical inquiry .
the process of going through a narrative and extrapolating a world from it is something chatman calls “reading out” . this is discussed in relation to a . c . bradley ( who focused on shakespeare ) and open trait - analysis . this is the sort of thing i am doing with pride and prejudice now . this sort of analysis though has been broadly criticized for neglecting the surface features , the texture of language .
this book offers , for me , the most understandable model of a narrative i ' ve read so far . chatman offers helpful concepts for analyzing both written and film narratives . he tries to create a synthesis of all narrative theory before his book , and he does a very good job . instead of getting lost in a collection of different approaches , you actually find yourself connecting them all , seeing where they fit together . among all the books on narratology and narrative analysis i ' ve read , this is the one most helpful not only for analyzing film narratives but also written narratives ( although i would always recommend you also read
narratology : an introduction
,
narrative fiction
and perhaps bordwell and thompson ' s
film art : an introduction
, if you want to focus especially on films ) . this book and the way chatman dissects the narrative are also interesting for people more interested in writing than in analysis : i believe the parts chatman splits the narrative into resemble very closely those writers use in putting one together . so this book may actually help writers gain new insights into what they are doing instinctively . first and foremost , however , it is a very useful book for the student and scholar of literature .
where an event is something that occurs in time , an existent is something that occurs in space . in cinematic narratives , this is more literal : existents are things that show up on screen and take up space on the screen . chatman gives five qualities for these : ( p . 97 - 98 ) these are ostensibly matters of presentation , but it is still a matter of the material content of the film itself .
chatman describes extensively the filmic devices for developing cuts and scenes , and explains these in relation to the terms of narrative sequence . these have to do with the role of time in events , which have flow of rhythms and cycles . using pride and prejudice as an example , he explains how the narration is broken into phases of scene ( action ) and description . rhythm and flow are good to think about from the perspective of adaptation , because these carry the dramatic mood and experience of the narrative .
chatman opens by comparing theory and poetics . poetics accounts for the structure of storytelling , which accounts for how to analyze form , but asks more questions than it answers . poetics is not concerned with “what makes macbeth great ? ” but rather “what makes macbeth a tragedy ? ” russian formalism is an instance of poetics , but it lacks the power to address more complex and modern narratives . literary theory is about the nature of literature . it is not criticism . it is about explaining what the possibilities are . instead of asking what the author should or should not do , it asks “what can we say about the way structures like narratives organize themselves ? that question raises subsidiary ones : what are the ways we recognize the presence or absence of a narrator ? what is plot ? character ? setting ? point of view ? ” ( p . 19 ) these questions are chatman’s goals to explore . to do this , he breaks down narrative into components : narrative is composed of story and discourse , and the story is made of events and existents . this extends loosely from aristotle .
much study in narratology places character subordinate to plot , only existing to serve the plot’s needs . however , the reader is free to interpret and extend the idea of the character and ask questions about them . models of characters that are merely functional are closed , where the characters cannot be extended outside the narrative space . in theories that close characters , readers are forbidden from attempting to think about characters outside of the plot . an example that characterizes this stand is o . b . hardison , who argues that characters ( specifically in the case of shakespeare ) are simply dramatic figures and their lives and personalities are restricted to the words on the page . chatman is horrified by this position and argues that it is absurd , and the reader must be free to imagine and extend the personalities , and ask questions about the characters beyond the text . an interesting element of this conflict is that the closed model of characters is intrinsically hostile to not only adaptations , but the idea that the text may belong to anyone other than the author . if the characters cannot live outside of the text , then they are simply puppets of the author , controllable by the author alone . â chatman explains that to understand a character , it must be interpreted and reconstructed . there is always more to interpret of characters .
chatman more elements of the interior monologue ( as stream of consciousness , or free indirect speech ) , and again relates it to pride and prejudice . elizabeth’s thoughts after lady catherine leaves are revealed to us , to indicate her emotional state . chatman explains that the key reason why we are privy to this thought is as a clear narrative action . elizabeth’s internal mind is a reflection of her character , and the flow of thoughts and moods are very controlled and logical . narratively , this moment is highly significant , and the moment reveals her emotions and state : perplexed , angry , and strangely hopeful . “the passage tells us , firstly that she is discomposed ; secondly , that she cannot take her mind off a visit extraordinary not only in its substance but in the urgency attached to it by lady catherine , who clearly feels that darcy may indeed act ; thirdly , that she wonders how such a rumor could have begun ; fourthly , that the fact that darcy is bingley’s friend and she jane’s sister must have prompted speculation about her prospects too ; and finally that the lucases have already consummated a match which she has begun to contemplate only in the privacy of her own mind . ” ( p . 191 ) this extrapolation , or reading out , as it were , gives a clear set of narrative events that are taking place in elizabeth’s mind , but are important nonetheless .
this is a terrifically useful book and is quite well known in graduate student circles . i came across it randomly at a bookstore when i was searching for a good introduction to literary theory and basic concepts . this book was clear and insightful and chatman ' s presentation has since become the anchor around which i was able to read and digest all the other books that came after it . if you ' re looking for a ' way into ' literary theory concepts , this one will be very helpful . the title , story and discourse - refers to the basic distinction literary theorists make between a story ( chronological set of events ) and its narration ( chronology can be manipulated to produce various rhetorical effects such as suspense , etc ) .
experiencing a narrative requires interpretation , filling in the gaps . this is a crucial element in story , that it is possible for the reader to inject their own interpretations , and supply extra details and imagery to what is being read . this is interesting in the context of film and visual video games , which supply more and more visual information . chatman explains that narratives evoke a world of potential details . the text supplies some of these details , but it is up to the reader to fill in the rest . there is a range of artistic expression in narrative , as is present in painting . painting may be more or less detailed ( impressionistic works forgo detail to create expression and mood ) , likewise narrative may choose to go in or out of details at whim . narrative is never complete .
the idea of structure that chatman uses comes from piaget , who claims that structure contains wholeness , transformation , and self - regulation . narrative is a structure by these terms , and furthermore it is a semiotic structure . as a semiotic structure , it is divided into quadrants by expression and content , and substance and form . discourse is the expression of narrative , while content is the story . both of these have elements of substance and form . a worthwhile endeavor is to imagine what of this constitutes the world and the model . it seems like both of these are content , but what identifies the world versus the model in terms of the cultural codes , characters , and such is lest clear . the experience of reading is a part of the discourse , and it is arguable that in an adaptation project , the form of expression should be mimicked or made analogous to the source material .
the narrative evokes a world , and the reader is free to enrich that world . chatman’s goal is to construct an open theory of character ( open in the umberto eco sense ) . the terms to be understood in characters are totality , traits , and uniqueness . traits are used to compose character and character has a range of them . a trait is a “relatively stable or abiding personal quality” ( p . 126 ) . characters may shift between traits over the course of a narrative , and traits may extend beyond the events of a story . the idea of traits is to develop a structural format for character identity , that is meaningful within the scope of the story world , but can also be extended beyond the story world . the notion of trait is sufficient for literary analysis , but for the purposes of procedural adaptation , it requires more formalization and detail . a character model is something that i am interested in developing , but it is not clear exactly how the process will work .
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statements in discourse may be interpreted , and have different interpretations . discourse can show and tell , but showing and telling have different meanings . all statements are mediated to some degree , but telling increases the degree of mediation . the range of mediation and forms of narration create a spectrum of modes between the author and the reader .
events make up the things that happen , and this is the content , but the arrangement of these events as presented to the reader is a matter of discourse . the presentation of sequence implicitly conveys causality . readers interpret consecutive events as causally related . the verisimilitude of events , the manner in which they are interpreted as real , is according to how the reader thinks they should be , not necessarily as they are . thus , explicit narration is only required for events which are notable or unusual . without narration , the reader is left to believe that things continue as they “ought to” . narration thus becomes an issue of inclusion and omission . this is an interesting point because it ties back to the way in which we read or use models . although the application to formal models is difficult because common expectations are notoriously difficult to express .
verbal and cinematic story space are different in several respects . text has much more ambiguity and freedom , and is open in terms of visual imagery , but this imagery may be suggested given the style of the narrative . conversely , cinema cannot describe things and events , it must show them . games , interestingly , are in an in - between space . they can both show and tell by making use of various interactive techniques .
regarding character , the original model belongs to aristotle , but aristotle’s approach leaves much to be desired . aristotle frames characters as having traits , but this raises contention about the primacy of the action or the character’s traits : which is the cause of which ? what is the relation of the plot to the character ? formalist depictions of character treats characters as variable and interchangeable , where the only importance is their function within the story . characters are secondary or worse with respect to the plot . on the other side , henry james argues for an interdependence of character and plot .
the first topic on the subject of discourse is the narrative spectrum , which is largely pulled from wayne booth . the essence of this spectrum revolves around the conflict between showing and telling , or presentation versus mediated narration , or mimesis and diagesis . all of these essentially represent the same conflict between how the story is narrated and read . the importance of discourse is heightened by perspective or point of view . this is made the most prominent in film , but has always been an issue in narration . most clearly , point of view has to do with how the world is logically digested and understood . there are many forms of discourse , which rely on how the point of view is communicated . discourse may be narrated , nonnarrated , direct , soliloquy , and so on . each of these forms implies something meaningful .
the current discourse - moment is the same as the story - moment ; hence any predicate referring to the current moment will be in the present tense . this is not an “epic present” depicting past time , but rather a real present referring to contemporary time of the action . memories and other references to the past will occur in the simple preterite , not the past perfect .
the language–idiom , diction , word - and syntactic - choice– are identifiably those of the character , whether or not a narrator intervenes .
there is no presumptive audience other than the thinker himself , no deference to the ignorance or expository needs of a narratee .
this point suggests an interesting game mechanic , though . the player might be prompted at certain points with a bubble of “i think…” , or “i feel…” and must fill in some thoughts , which will indicate the player character’s disposition and composure .
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acknowledgments a note on photographic reproductions introduction 1 . early films 2 . il grido 3 . the great tetralogy : plots and themes 4 . the great tetralogy : characters 5 . the great tetralogy : settings and the environments 6 . the great tetralogy : cinematic form 7 .
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he is one of the most significant figures of american narratology ( theory of narrative ) , being regarded as a prominent representative of its structuralist or
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this is a well written book which i found a great help during my first year studying english at university . covers all areas of narrative and expains it in a way which is easy to follow .
classical . but bored me a bit . would suit other ones interested in structuralist discourse study .
this book is exactly what you need if you ' re studying narrative theory , or wanting to improve your storytelling skills . the knowledge and understanding it gives you of the form is invaluable .
remember those books from english literature in highschool ? drifting through mountains of abstracts in psychology at college ? same case here . it takes reading through it ; 2 - 3 times . if your a screenwriter this book and author help bring into focus the theory and application of narration in film . good luck
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