film narrative
Cinema's told story
Film narrative is the story a movie tells and the techniques used to tell it—plot structure, character development, point of view, and the sequencing of events.
Critics and scholars analyze how editing, cinematography, and sound contribute to narrative construction.
The film's fragmented narrative mirrors the protagonist's fractured memory.
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- plot twistSudden narrative redirection
- opening sceneBeginning of a performance
- camera anglesPositions for filming scenes
- protagonistStory's central figure
montage · climax · third act · character arc · love interest · resolution · mise-en-scène · editing · final cut · dialogue · archetypes · transformation · visual symbolism · point of view · voice over · identity · flashback · time jump
film narrativedocumentary footage
Recorded non-fiction visual material
documentary film · documentary · cinéma vérité · newsreel · archival footage
film narrativeraw footage
Unprocessed recorded material
B-roll · rushes · experimental film · anti-narrative · livestream
film narrativeoral storytelling
Transmitting tales aloud
radio drama · prose fiction · stage play · novel · short story
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