Plot

Anna Fitzgerald was conceived through vitro fertilization and brought to this world with a purpose of being a genetic cure for Kate, her sister. Kate is having a health condition - acute leukemia. Anna cannot lead the life she wants to due to Kate’s dependency on her. She is constantly visiting the hospital and cannot participate in extracurricular activities like soccer and sheer-leading. Kate develops renal failure upon turning 13 and Anna knows the she has to donate one kidney to her sister. She sues with parents for right to her body and medical emancipation and Attorney Campbell Alexander works for her. Later, it is discovered that the attorney agreed to work for Anna due to her epilepsy and the understating of the feeling of not being able to control her body (Picoult, 2009). Kate meets Taylor Ambrose, also a cancer patient with whom they start dating and becomes her support during the treatment. He later dies. Lastly Kate request to be taken to a beach and Brian obtains permission from the doctor and shows up with kids. Sara is overprotective and angry and demands that Kate be returned from hospital. Sara shows up later at the beach and the family enjoys final outing. During the case, the judge refuses to give summary dismissal. Kate’s older brother and Anna reveal that the actions taken by Anna were informed by Kate’s instruction. Sara is forced to accept and Kate dies before the hearing of the case which Anna wins (Picoult, 2009).

Characters

Anna. The last born child and protagonist in the film.  She is described by her father as the constant in the family, observant, funny and smart.

Sara. She is controlling, strong and persistent and her life revolves around keeping Kate alive. She is single minded, where her focus on Kate occurs at the expense of family children and relationships.

Campbell Alexander – The Anna’s Attorney is brusque and with similar experience with Anna where their parents asked them to be what they didn’t want.

Kate. She is the focal point of the story her narrations is only through epilogue and prologue. She appears strong mentally and emotionally weak due to her condition. She has a strong will.

Audience expectations for the film

Audience should expect a genre with great performance representing family conflict under crises. It commands attention given its fairly surprising approach.

How does the film create a sense of time

It involves a transitory time, where every scene breaks away giving clue indicating the passage of time

How does the film create a sense of space

The film presents a narrative that is occurring within a family setting which gives the sense of space. The hospital and beach gives the film a good setting for the narrative.

How does the film create a sense of perspective 

The scenes of the movie are presented from the perspective of each character, so that their inner thought, fears and hopes are depicted. The audience is able to understand the characters sorrows and joys during the crisis.

Conventions of the films genre

My sister’s keeper is can be described as a melodrama which allows the view to be preoccupied with a disturbing, gusty and fascinating plot even though it is just a narration. At the service, the movie could just be labeled as drama involving cancer victim but focuses on unthinkable moral principles that it try to defy. The movie , though fiction , is masterfully emotionally manipulative , but has a core function that challenges raises questions regarding ethics in medicines and how such can undermine a cohesive family unit.  It can be expected to be like any other ethically based drama. The movie typically opens with an incident involving characters that incites conflict.  The conflict is majorly between the Sara and Ana as she tries to have her understand that Kate’s existence depends on her sacrifice. This is a convention that sets of a series of complications which develop through more than one crisis and some tense moments.  The film uses in-points to begin and then out-points to finish a series of narratives as intended by the producer. The film is meant for continuous filing only breaking a scene to move to the other but within a sequence so as to maintain its flow. The sequence of such events is such that the narration is able to first introduce the prevailing situation – Kates sickness and related birth of Anna to help in treatment, revealing the conflict of character, which involves different perceptions of the situation and then start and proceed with action. The death of Kate and hearing of Anna’s case serves as the ends points where the narrative is finally resolved.

Myths in the film

The use of myths in this film results from interest in astronomy. Kate names a fish Hercules, a strong hero in Ancient Greek narratives – which is there because of the fact that Brian has astronomy interests. As the firefighter, Brain is involved in an arsonist case and is spends some time looking into the flames and relates them to the stars. Another myth in the film is that of dead people being found in stars where, Anna expected to meet Kate again.

Audience expectations

At a time when movies are created using programming, this movie is targeted on the whole society. The viewers are likely to turn emotional since the fill is somehow a maudlin tear jerker. The move is moving, intelligent and with some funny moments. The audience should also expect to relate the story on how serious illnesses can affect family and bring about conflict.

Six genres and corresponding films components

The six film genres include drama, poetry prose, media, fiction and non-fiction. The drama component of the movie involves the various events that occur and depicted by various characters. The conflict and contentions especially between Anna and her mother Sara while trying to seek treatment for Kate. The court case also represents drama. Poetry in this movies is seen in the actions by Kate and Anna while lying in the field and describing the heavens and the stars. The film is a narration of a written text which has been enacted in the film. The film is in form of media where written scripts are acted. The fiction components involve the fact that the story is not real. The non-fiction part is the similarity of such cases that happens in real life.