The story Curtis creates in My Week with Marilyn is realistic narrative, focusing on in one week of Colin Clark’s life that he spent with Marilyn Monroe while shooting for the film, The Prince and the Showgirl. Curtis emplos Narratology in the starting of the film to give a little insight of the film. The genre of movie is biography and drama. This film is showing a slice of Colin Clark’s and Marilyn Monroe’s life. Curtis’s choice to keep the tale linear adds a realistic flavor to the film. The film starts with the first-person narration of Colin Clarks as he tells his story of deciding to go and work with production company and be a part of film industry in England. Colin guides the audience about the film in the starting by telling what role he has in the film, and of what time they are talking …show more content…
The starting of the film shows the desperation of Colin and his love for working in the production company as he eagerly keeps on waiting for the producer to give him a job by coming to his office daily and waiting there for hours. When he first sees Marilyn, audience gets an idea of the chemistry, Monroe and Clark are going to have in future. This movie is a biography so Curtis didn’t play with the actual content of the story much, he tries to keep it simple and flowing. For Curtis, this movie was an artistic medium to show that one week of Marilyn Monroe with Colin Clark. He did not play much with the actual story, instead he focused on mise-en-Scène, staging and editing to make that film appear real and interesting. Mann’s choice to show one week of Colin Clarks with Marilyn Monroe is not just a randomly selected biopic but also from the novel the film is based