STRUCTURE OF A FILMANDRE

STRUCTURE OF A FILM

• NARRATIVE STRUCTURE IS THE CONTENT OF THE STORY AND THE FORM USED TO TELL THE STORY

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE• EXPOSITION – MEETING THE CHARACTERS, ESTABLISHING THE

SETTING AND SETTING THE TONE.• RISING ACTION – THE CENTRAL CONFLICT IS INTRODUCED AND

THE TENSION BETWEEN THE PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST BEGINS.

• CLIMAX – THE CLIMAX IS THE TURNING POINT OR THE MAIN PART OF THE STORY.

• FALLING ACTION – THE MAJOR ACTION HAS HAPPENED. THIS IS JUST THE AFTERMATH. THIS IS THE SORTING OUT OF THE MAJOR CONFLICT’S RESOLUTION.

• DENOUEMENT/RESOLUTION – THE CREATION OF THE NEW NORMAL. THE CONFLICT IS RESOLVED.

LINEAR NARRATIVE

• LINEAR NARRATIVES PRESENT STORIES IN A LOGICAL MANNER BY TELLING WHAT HAPPENS FROM ONE POINT IN TIME TO THE NEXT WITHOUT USING FLASHBACKS OR FLASH-FORWARDS AND THEN RETURNING TO THE PRESENT.

NONLINEAR NARRATIVE

• A FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS IS PULP FICTION WHICH IS THREE SHORT STORIES WHICH GO TOGETHER TO MAKE 1 STORY. NONLINEAR MOVIES ARE NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. THEY CAN BE DISRUPTED BY FLASH BACKS OR FLASH FORWARDS.

INTERACTIVE NARRATION

• THE VIEWER NEEDS TO ACTIVELY WORK OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING OR PIECE PARTS OF THE STORY TOGETHER.