Intro to narrative and the 5 part structure
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Narrative
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What is narrative?
• The telling of its story
• The events in a movie and how they connect to each other (cause-and-effect)
• FORM-something made, the product of deliberate decisions concerning content
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Who creates the narrative?
• The screenwriter!
• Sometimes it’s a story that the writer has pitched to the producer
• Sometimes the screenwriter is hired to write a specific idea
• At other times, the director him/herself is the screenwriter
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Five-Part Dramatic STRUCTURE
ExpositionExpositionDenouementDenouement
ClimaxClimax
Falling ActionFalling ActionRising ActionRising Action
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ExpositionExposition
Provides background information on the characters, setting, and basic conflict
Everything preceding and including the inciting incidentEverything preceding and including the inciting incident
Inciting Incident-what sets the main action in motion
Ends with the inciting incident
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Rising ActionRising Action
The events that lead up to the climaxThe events that lead up to the climax
ClimaxClimax
The turning pointThe turning point
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Falling actionFalling action
The events that follow the climaxThe events that follow the climax
DenouementDenouement
The resolution or conclusionThe resolution or conclusion
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