midterm narrative and narration Flashcards

1
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not story driven, trick films, spectacle

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early cinema narrative design

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2
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1st “block buster”, really caught on to audiences

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the great train robbery

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3
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new linear path (as compared to trick), audiences demanded to see it again, commercially drove film industry

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the great train robbery, directed by Edwin s porter

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4
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  1. story vs plot vs narrative
  2. types of plot structure
  3. characters
  4. unity and coherence
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elements of a narrative design

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5
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what is the first and last thing
that happens (storyline, chronological)

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story

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6
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first to last, scene order (events on the screen)

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plotline

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7
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how the story is told through the configurations of the plot

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narrative

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8
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something new, new setting, flashback

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scene

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9
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plot event 1 (story line 2): theater
plot event 2 (story line 1): childhood with cosmo

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singing in the rain example of story vs plot line

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10
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linear and non linear

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types of plot structure

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11
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includes ; three act structure: set up, confrontation, resolution, keep audience watching through structure: inciting incident

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linear

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12
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end of act one: we hear the high pitched voice and realize we have a problem for talking films

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inciting incident in singing in the rain, example of linear structure

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13
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en episode, the broadway scene from singing in the rain

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non linear

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14
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development (related to theme), point of view. we don’t need __, but we do need them for theme

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characters

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15
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unity (everything has to connect to one thing) and coherence (everything connects to something)

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point of view/ perspective

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16
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the way characters develop or not is what creates meaning

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development

17
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who gets credit for all of this? how do you credit the art of cinema?

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the authorship dilemma

18
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  1. plot/story: what happens, what’s going on on screen
  2. subject: what is being addressed? what are we being asked to think?
  3. thematic meaning: how subjects are addressed
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what it’s about

19
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subject and theme are open to interpretation

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plot and story are literal and literally what is happening