5. Unity/Disunity
When all of the relationships we perceive within a film are clear and economically interwoven, we say that the film has unity. Yet almost no film is so tight as to leave no ends dangling.
Suppose we saw a film in which several characters die mysteriously, and we never find out why. This film leaves a number of loose ends, but the repetition suggests that the omission of clear explanations is not just a mistake. Their disunity is systematic and intentional, and suggests a deeper meaning that could be the topic of an analysis.