Ch3+4

narrative form

A type of filmic organization in which the parts relate to one another through a series of causally related events taking place in time and space.

story

In a narrative film, all the events that we see and hear, plus all those that we infer or assume to have occurred, arranged in their presumed causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency, and spatial locations; opposed to ___, which is the film’s actual presentation of events in the story.

plot

In a narrative film, all the events that are directly presented to us, including their causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency, and spatial locations; opposed to ___, which is the viewer’s imaginary construction of all the events in the narrative.

order

In a narrative film, the aspect of temporal manipulation that involves the sequence in which the chronological events of the story are arranged in the plot.

duration

In a narrative film, the aspect of temporal manipulation that involves the time span presented in the plot and assumed to operate in the story.

frequency

In a narrative film, the aspect of temporal manipulation that involves the number of times any story event is shown in the plot.

narration

The process through which the plot conveys or withholds story information. It can be more or less restricted to character knowledge and more or less deep in presenting characters’ perceptions and thoughts.

point-of-view shot (POV shot)

A shot taken with the camera placed approximately where the character’s eyes would be, showing what the character would see; usually cut in before or after a shot of the character looking.