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Film CH4
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 4
02/27/2013

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Narrative
Definition
telling of a story, cinematic structure in which the filmmakers have selcetd and arranged story events in a casue and effect sequence over time.
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Narrative Film
Definition
movie devoted to conveying fictional or fictionalized stories, usually organized in a traditional narrative structure inccluding exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.
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All types of films including experimental and documentary movies may employ a narrative structure
Definition
True
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treatment or synopsis
Definition
earliest form of the screen play
an outline of the action that brielfy describes the essential ideas and structure of the film
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Story conferences
Definition
treatment is discussed and develioped in sessions
during which it is transformed into a rough draft or scenerio
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Storyboard
Definition
shot-by-shot (sometimes a scene-by-scene) breakdown that combines sketches or photographs of how each shot is to look with written description sof the other elements that are to accompany each shot, including dialogue, sopund and music
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Elements of a narrative
Definition
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
falling action
Denouement
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Exposition
Definition
Everyuthing preceding and including the inciting moment the event or situation thats ets the rest of the narrative in motion

provides background information on the characters
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Rising action
Definition
The development of the action of the narrative toward a climax

the principal conflict develops and may be complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts
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Climax
Definition
The narratives turning point
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Falling Action
Definition
The events that follow the climax and bring the narrative from climax to conclusion

the principal conflict moves toward resolution, with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist
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Denouement
Definition
The resolution or conclusion of the narrative
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Story
Definition
all the narrative events that are explicitly presented on the screen

all the events that are implicit or that we infer to ahve happened but are not explictly presented
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Diegesis
Definition
total world of the story, the events characters, objects, settings, and sounds that form the world in which the story occurs
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Diegetic elements
Definition
elements that make up the diegesis
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Nondiegetic elements
Definition
the things that we see and hear on the screen but tht come from outside the world of the story
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Plot
Definition
Structure for presenting everything that we see and hear in a film
1. the diegetic events arranged in acertain order

2. nondiegetic material
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Story and plot overlap becasue each includes the narrative events that we explicitloy see and hear on screen
Definition
True
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SubPlot
Definition
subordinate sequence of action in a narrative, usually relevant to enriching the plot
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Backstory
Definition
fictional history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story
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Plot order
Definition
can be manipulated so that events are presented in nonchronological order sequences that emphasize importance or meaning or that establish desired expectations in audiences
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Duration
Definition
Length of time
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story duration
Definition
time that the implied story takes to occur
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Surprise
Definition
being taken unawares can be shocking and our emotional response tom is generally short lived
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Suspense
Definition
anxiety brought on by a partial uncertainty, the end is certyain, but the means is uncertain
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Familiar image
Definition
any image that a director periodically repeats in amovie to help stabilize its narrative
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Round Characters
Definition
Complex and 3 dimensional possessing severla traits sometimes even contradictory ones

unpredictable, capable of surprising us in a convincing way
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Flat characters
Definition
one dimensional possessing one or very few discerniable tarits, and their motivations and actions are generally predictable
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Major Characters
Definition
Most important characters to the plot make the most things happen or have the mkost things happen to them
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Protagonist
Definition
central figure of a story and is often refered top as the hero, but is not necesarily the hero
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Minor Characters
Definition
play less important role in the overall movie, functioning usually asa means of moving the plot forward or of fleshing out the motivations of the major characters
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Marginal characters
Definition
Lack definition and are onscreen for very short periods of time
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Characterization
Definition
process of the actors interpreting a character in a movie
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Setting
Definition
Movie is the time and place in which the story occurs
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Scope
Definition
The overall range in time and place of the movies story
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Scope
Definition
The overall range in time and place of the movies story
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Narration
Definition
telling a story
Term
Omniscient
Definition
(unrestricted) giving us a third person view of all aspects of the movie's action or characters
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Restricted
Definition
a narration that reveals information to the audience only as a specific character learns of it
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Direct address narration
Definition
occurs when a character breaks the fourth wall( the assumed barrier between the characters on the screen and the audience) to address us directly
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