Run Lola Run Distinctively Visual Essay

Through the use of distinctively visual in various texts, composers effectively communicate their ideas and concepts of certain aspects by inducing the audience to vividly imagine and interpret and thus shape meaning. The author uses the distinctively visual technique to emphasise the ways that an individual reacts to a certain aspect of life and how individual human experiences affect their perspective and interpretation of the world. The German film Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer and the world war one poem Aftermath by Siegfried Sassoon is a visual depiction of individual’s response to significant characteristics of life. The character Lola in Run Lola Run is a postmodern hero, an existentialist, who overcomes obstacles to rescue her love from peril. Whereas the world war one poet and soldier Sassoon recalls the traumatic
Lola’s biggest obstacle throughout the film is time as it is the controlling and restless force that limits the time for Lola to gather the large sum of money and save Manni. This is evident through the motif of the non-diegetic ticking sound of a clock starting in the opening scene and carried through the film. This suggests to the audience that Lola is running out of time as it is unstoppable and is overpowering Lola’s determination of saving Manni contributing to Lola’s overall experience. Also, Lola’s bright and vivid red hair colour represents her power in contrast to the controlling force of time. Through the use of these techniques, it is apparent that Lola is racing against time and is a slave to it as she is unable to escape the presence of time thus the audience is forced to acknowledge its negative effect on life. Therefore, the tyranny of time and its negative effect on human experiences is explored through the use of distinctively visual in Run Lola