2. Similarity and Repetition
Repetition is basic to our understanding of any film. Any significant repeated element in a film is a called a motif. We may choose to discuss the motifs of Rhapsody in August in your last scenario. A motif may be a color, an object, a person, a place, a sound, a pattern of lighting, or even a type of movement.
Film form also utilizes general similarities as well as exact duplication through repetition. Motifs, then, assist in creating parallelism. Our recognition of parallelism provides part of our pleasure in watching a film, much as the echo of rhymes can contribute to the power of poetry.