Comm 231 October 1 2015 Fictional Narratives 1 Characters fictional based on reality or real the player 2 Events in some order chronological thematic imagined arbitrary 3 Causes and effects usually based on character goals usually via conflict Three classic conflicts 1 People vs nature 2 People vs people 3 People vs themselves Dramatic conflict is KEY for creating an interesting story Format as a cycle 1 Into 2 Exposition what s going on what s at stake 3 Climax 4 Denouement not always a resolution things settle back down Structuring time Time can be conveyed as past present and future Flash back Flash forward Parallel editing cut between two locations to imply two things are happening at the same time Story length Two types of fictional narratives according to artisotne 1 Mimesis Showing of story theater 2 Dieresis telling of the story as its unfolding literature In cinema there is both Cinema combines both forms of storytelling hence having a wider range of narrative techniques at its disposal Narrative paradigms A Realistic the real world we live in transparently not to to the story telling process itself not sure how its being told unfold automatically loose plots with out a beginning middle and end the story is just a slice of these peoples lives goes on after the film ends B Classical set up confrontation resolution some sort of deadline plot structures is linear ex Star Wars casa Blanca C Formalistic personality is part of the show the design of the plot is heightened musicals ex pulp fiction science fiction fantasy D Non fiction documentary the film unfolds like a lawyer making a case E Experimental subjective obscure needs some explanation before hand Content and form Story defined the subject matter the raw material in urological sequence ex wizard of oz girls travels to a fantasy land and encounters several adventures Plot what shapes a story and gives it an intention of meaning ex a coming of age story The screen writers job Language mastery of language Research deep knowledge Dramatic Structure the rhythm of the film Complexity Multidimensional characters 2 Screen play minimal amount of direction not a lot of action written in Screenwriting Build your idea decide on your themes and characters organize the structure process Revising your script many times is a normal and necessary part of the Words are the cost efficient Log line one sentence enticing description of the movies story including main characters the situation the characters find themselves inciting what triggers story They engage the listener Introduce the characters Tells what the problem is Leave watcher intrigued How to avoid writing bad student film 1 Long long and way too long is your 3 minute idea stretched to 8 minutes 2 Don t tell conventional love story epically if its about your recent break up we ve seen it before so yours is different 3 Start each sentence as late as possible and get out of it as soon as possible began in the middle of the action elimate the fluff and end with the audience wanting to know what happens in the next sentence 4 Lose the music montages and dream sequences concentrate on what the characters want and show it in dialogue action Television Situation comedy Sit com teaser commercial act one commercial act 2 commercial tag introduce at the top who s in the scene right away Drama teaser commercial act 1 commercial act 2 commercial act 3 commercial act 4 commercial tag 3 As the show goes on commercial breaks get longer TV movie usually have seven or eight acts One page one minute of material 4
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