Shoes (1916) Intertitles
00:19
Sadly, she imagined a different life one filled with luxury and pleasure. Provides exposition for previous POV sequence with the shoes and transitions to ballroom sequence.
01:00
Wednesday and Thursday in contined to rain. Establishes timeline of events.
01:29
There they were.../Her shoes!/Poor child, she knew / them by heart. Narration as free indirect discourse that precedes close-up of desired object (the shoes), creating a narrative frame for the close-up as a POV shot.
02:26
"Other men find work!" dialogue spoken by mother to father, advances characterization of father as a bum.
02:47
Every evening she scraped the caked mud from her bare, swollen feet. Exposition that creates pathos for the protagonist.
03:57
She caught a bad cold. Her throat hurt / and her head ached. Exposition creating pathos.
04:51
Sometimes she lay awake / in the night--wide-eyed--/ thinking of the fate of / her family. Provides exposition and explanation of the fantastically personified Hand of Poverty in the next shot.
10:59
At last it was time to receive the blessed pay envelope. Exposition establishing timeline and mood.
12:55
"Aren't you going to me / the three dollars, Mama?" dialogue as exposition for previous exhange.
13:00
"I can't do it, child. We got to eat / and no one will let us have / any thing more except / for cash." Dialogue explaining core narrative problem from mother's perspective and the issue of debt.
13:13
"I've got to have a new pair of shoes." Dialogue to father.
13:33
"I'll be sure to find some / work, and I'll give you / the money then." Dialogue after father shows off his broken shoes, establishes family power dynamic and reason for poverty.
14:00
"We haven't tasted / meat all week, mother." Dialogue from younger siblings expresses pathos and desperation, and basic needs as trumping commodity culture and personal need.
15:11
It was only a matter / of hours before they would / literally fall to pieces. / She felt that the end / had come. Exposition with free indirect discourse. It also parallels the fate of the object (her broken shoes) with the individual's mind and the narrative conclusion.
18:45
"Give me carefare, mama. I'm going to Lil's / over Sunday." Dialogue as exposition that establishes that the protagonist lies to her mother because the next sequence at The Blue Goose.
Intertitles
00:19 - 00:19
Sadly, she imagined a different life one filled with luxury and pleasure. Provides exposition for previous POV sequence with the shoes and transitions to ballroom sequence.
01:00 - 01:00
Wednesday and Thursday in contined to rain. Establishes timeline of events.
01:29 - 01:29
There they were.../Her shoes!/Poor child, she knew / them by heart. Narration as free indirect discourse that precedes close-up of desired object (the shoes), creating a narrative frame for the close-up as a POV shot.
02:26 - 02:26
"Other men find work!" dialogue spoken by mother to father, advances characterization of father as a bum.
02:47 - 02:47
Every evening she scraped the caked mud from her bare, swollen feet. Exposition that creates pathos for the protagonist.
03:57 - 03:57
She caught a bad cold. Her throat hurt / and her head ached. Exposition creating pathos.
04:51 - 04:51
Sometimes she lay awake / in the night--wide-eyed--/ thinking of the fate of / her family. Provides exposition and explanation of the fantastically personified Hand of Poverty in the next shot.
10:59 - 10:59
At last it was time to receive the blessed pay envelope. Exposition establishing timeline and mood.
12:55 - 12:55
"Aren't you going to me / the three dollars, Mama?" dialogue as exposition for previous exhange.
13:00 - 13:00
"I can't do it, child. We got to eat / and no one will let us have / any thing more except / for cash." Dialogue explaining core narrative problem from mother's perspective and the issue of debt.
13:13 - 13:13
"I've got to have a new pair of shoes." Dialogue to father.
13:33 - 13:33
"I'll be sure to find some / work, and I'll give you / the money then." Dialogue after father shows off his broken shoes, establishes family power dynamic and reason for poverty.
14:00 - 14:00
"We haven't tasted / meat all week, mother." Dialogue from younger siblings expresses pathos and desperation, and basic needs as trumping commodity culture and personal need.
15:11 - 15:11
It was only a matter / of hours before they would / literally fall to pieces. / She felt that the end / had come. Exposition with free indirect discourse. It also parallels the fate of the object (her broken shoes) with the individual's mind and the narrative conclusion.
18:45 - 18:45
"Give me carefare, mama. I'm going to Lil's / over Sunday." Dialogue as exposition that establishes that the protagonist lies to her mother because the next sequence at The Blue Goose.