Unconventional Narrative Structures
-
Upload
matthew-hartman -
Category
Education
-
view
289 -
download
0
Transcript of Unconventional Narrative Structures
![Page 1: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Alternative Narrative Structures
![Page 2: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Frame Narrative
The Notebook
![Page 3: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
• Titanic• The Princess Bride• Raging Bull• Citizen Kane• The Life of Pi• Inception• Slumdog Millionaire
Frame Narrative
![Page 4: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Episodic Narrative
The 400 Blows
![Page 5: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Open-ended Narrative
Inception
![Page 6: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
• The 400 Blows• The Graduate• Manhattan• 2001: A Space Odyssey• Taxi Driver• Mulholland Drive• City Lights
Open-ended Narrative
![Page 7: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Nonlinear Narrative
Pulp Fiction
![Page 8: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
• 500 Days of Summer• Annie Hall• Memento• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind• Blue Valentine• The Prestige• Citizen Kane
Nonlinear Narrative
![Page 9: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Three-Act and Nonlinear
500 Days of Summer
![Page 10: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Network Narrative
Crash
![Page 11: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
• Pulp Fiction• Love Actually• Traffic• Babel• The Help• Diner• Hannah and Her Sisters
Network Narrative
![Page 12: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Variations on Narrative Conventions
![Page 13: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
• Clarity• Unity• Characters• Closure
Conventions
![Page 14: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Viewers should not be confused about setting, time, events, or character motivations.
Conventions: Clarity
Forest Gump
![Page 15: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Lack of Clarity
Donnie Darko
![Page 16: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
• Mulholland Drive• Rashomon• Citizen Kane• Fight Club• Adaptation• Synechdoche, New York• The Tree of Life• 2001: A Space Odyssey
Lack of Clarity
![Page 17: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Connections between cause and effect must be direct and complete.
Conventions: Unity
Spiderman (2002)
![Page 18: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Lack of Unity
Mulholland Drive
![Page 19: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
• Last Year at Marienbad• Memento• Reservoir Dogs• Synechdoche, New York• Upstream Color
Lack of Unity
![Page 20: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
They should invite viewer identification, be active, and seek goals.
Conventions: Characters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
![Page 21: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Unconventional Characterization
The Wolf of Wall Street
![Page 22: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
• Taxi Driver • There Will Be Blood• Drive• A Clockwork Orange• The Graduate • Blue Jasmine • Young Adult
Unconventional Characterization
![Page 23: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Third acts and epilogues should tie up loose ends and answer all questions.
Conventions: Closure
The Shawshank Redemption
![Page 24: Unconventional Narrative Structures](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022052619/555a1f14d8b42a76498b54cc/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Open-ended Narrative
Inception