midterm narrative and narration Flashcards
not story driven, trick films, spectacle
early cinema narrative design
1st “block buster”, really caught on to audiences
the great train robbery
new linear path (as compared to trick), audiences demanded to see it again, commercially drove film industry
the great train robbery, directed by Edwin s porter
- story vs plot vs narrative
- types of plot structure
- characters
- unity and coherence
elements of a narrative design
what is the first and last thing
that happens (storyline, chronological)
story
first to last, scene order (events on the screen)
plotline
how the story is told through the configurations of the plot
narrative
something new, new setting, flashback
scene
plot event 1 (story line 2): theater
plot event 2 (story line 1): childhood with cosmo
singing in the rain example of story vs plot line
linear and non linear
types of plot structure
includes ; three act structure: set up, confrontation, resolution, keep audience watching through structure: inciting incident
linear
end of act one: we hear the high pitched voice and realize we have a problem for talking films
inciting incident in singing in the rain, example of linear structure
en episode, the broadway scene from singing in the rain
non linear
development (related to theme), point of view. we don’t need __, but we do need them for theme
characters
unity (everything has to connect to one thing) and coherence (everything connects to something)
point of view/ perspective
the way characters develop or not is what creates meaning
development
who gets credit for all of this? how do you credit the art of cinema?
the authorship dilemma
- plot/story: what happens, what’s going on on screen
- subject: what is being addressed? what are we being asked to think?
- thematic meaning: how subjects are addressed
what it’s about
subject and theme are open to interpretation
plot and story are literal and literally what is happening
