Midterm - Narrative Flashcards
Inciting Incident
The first moment the protagonist meets the source of conflict
Plot Point 1
Where the major conflict commences in earnest, irreversible
Midpoint
Emblematic of conflict of Act 2
Plot Point 2
Ramps up conflict, everything we know about conflict is wrong
Three-Act Structure
How 90% of films are constructed, 1st act 25%, 2nd 60%, 3rd 15%. Act 2 is rising conflict.
Plot Point 3/Climax
Point where main conflict is resolved
Denouement
Part after climax, “conflictless”
Exposition
Background information about main characters, setting, etc
Beat
A point in the film where the conflict at the moment changes, roughly 2.5 times per minute on average
Narrative
A chain of events in cause-effect relationship that occur in time and space
Plot
Everything visibly and audibly present in the film
Story
Set of all events in narrative, including presented and inferred
Diegesis
Total world of the story action
Duration
Length of an event, scene or shot
Temporal Frequency
How many times we see an event
In Medias Res
In the middle of things
Change in Knowledge
Type of plot development where a character learns something
Goal-Oriented Plot
Plot where something is desired and attempted to be achieved, i;e investigation
Narration
Plot’s way of distributing info to create effects
Hierarchy of Knowledge
Who knows more, characters or viewers
Narrator
Someone telling us the story, can be character or not
Closure
Sense of completion and ending at end of film
