Narrative Approaches

Question 1

What are the 4 narrative approaches? 👔

Answer 1

1) Causality and Effect
2) Todorov Narratology
3) Binary Oppositions
4) Formalism

Question 2

How do critical approaches engage w/t a film? 💡

Answer 2

A critical approach uses established ideas as a filter to see the film through

Question 3

Story vs Plot vs Narrative

Answer 3

The Story is the ‘what happens’ (overall narrative)
The Plot is the sequence of events
The Narrative is the method and structure of the film.

A story has a narrative, a narrative has a plot

Question 4

What do narrative frameworks offer, and how can I use this to form an opinion? 🔢

Answer 4

Multiple interpretations
- Is it: reductive? Inevitable?

Question 5

What does Bordwell’s say about the typical film’s narrative?
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Answer 5

“a chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space”

Question 6

Which theorist has spoken on typical film narratives?

Answer 6

David Bordwell