Thriller narratives
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Inciting Incident
His wife is missing
Close to the beginning of a movie where a character's normal life is changed
Act 1 ClimaxSome characters and the audience suspect that Nick had something to do with his wife’s disappearance. He now has to prove his innocence.
Usually used to send the plot into a new direction
Midpoint
The audience learns that Amy isn’t missing and how she faked her death is revealed. Nick hires a lawyer and tries to prove he had nothing to do with it.
Major shift in dynamic of the story, the character has a major success, devastating failure or a powerful revelation
Act 2 Part 2
Amy stays at her ex’s house. Nick goes on TV to defend himself.
Things get serious. The protagonist faces conflict internally and externally
Climax
Amy kills her ex and frames him for rape. She comes home
Big finale, the protagonist and antagonist face each other. Tension and conflict are at their highest.
Resolution
Amy and Nick settle back into married life and things go back to normal.
Loose ends are tied up. The audience have a sigh of relief
Memento
● Memento● neo-noir-psychological thriller film● both linear and non-linear● two different sequences● flashbacks
Black and white scenes
● chronological● linear narrative● flashbacks on his job before he lost his
memory. Gives insight on
Color scenes
● non-linear● Shown in reverse order● voice over, his thoughts as he is thinking
them● makes the viewer empathise
Enigma
Here the enigma is introduced by the prop of the polaroid picture. This gives the audience some questions about the subject and direction of the film without revealing enough to detract from the mystery of the plot
Enigma
● The audience doesn’t know how long ago the flashbacks were just like the protagonist
● The audience thinks they know who killed his wife, at the end a twist is revealed
● the audience has questions
● Enigma, figuring out who killed the girl● Suspense is created when detectives find clues
suggesting the identity of someone who did it.● We are left with an open ended ending
the aim of every enigma is to retain the interest of the audience and to provide something which can engage them in the plot
Conventional storytelling has a set structure of beginning, middle, and end, however, they do not always happen in this order.Flashbacks are used throughout the film.There are two main interviews going on and they happen at different times but are interspersed
By using these flashbacks to flesh out the story, the film not only finds a unique way of grasping the audiences attention, but also in how conventional storytelling is able to be altered in film for the sake of it’s story structure