Narrative Flashcards
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narrative
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- international, transhistorical, transcultural
- a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space
- depends upon the viewer constructing story from plot
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three-act structure
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- beginning (defined by equilibrium), a middle (defined by disequilibrium), and an end (defined by a new equilibrium)
- situation-changes(cause+effect)-situation-end
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story
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- what we construct from the film
- entire narrative of the film, including events depicted and inferred
- incorporates presumed and inferred events + explicitly presented events
- we infer + fill in blanks
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diegesis
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-world of the story
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exposition
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-backstory
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closure
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- narrows possible outcomes
- settles causal issues
- heightens tension
- resolution=emotional satisfaction
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plot
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- incorporates explicitly presented events + added nondiegetic material
- events as they occur or are presented in the film
- arrangement of events
- actions visibly and audibly present
- allows us to infer causes+effects
- may present causes, withhold effects/consequences
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causality
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- binds together narrative events; characters serve as and links primary causal agents
- characters (desires, wills) drives narrative
- draws us in with causality
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narrative time
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- governed by three variables: order, duration, and frequency
- accounts for differences betw. plot + story
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diegetic
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-from the world of the story
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nondiegetic
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- from outside the world of the story
- credits, score, intertitles
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in media res
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- starts in the middle of the story
- seek cause
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temporal order
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- placement relative to chronology
- we mentally rearrange events
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Story duration
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- how long an event lasts
- omits some material shorter than in story
- shows only select stretches of story
- can manipulate screen duration
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frequency
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- # of times an event occur
- emphasize routine, perspective
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slow motion
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-makes plot longer than story duration
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causal motivation
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-planting info in advance
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flashback
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-present-past
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flashforward
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-present-future-present
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plot duration
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-sum of all stretches
21
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screen duration
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-movie length
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openings
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-raises expectations
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setup
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- first quarter
- set up characters, situations
