Film section 8 - Narrative - Chapter 6

narrative

Narrative

storytelling

documentaries

nonfiction accounts of real people and events that may or may not tell a story in the process

Avant-Garde

experimental films composed of shapes and colors

story

refers to the events the tale tells

plot

refers to a story’s structure

scene

A unified action that takes place in one location during a single time period

sequence

Maintains on or more of the unites while introducing a discontinuity.

flashback

A shot, sequence, or scene, that takes place in the past, before the present-day time frame established by the film.

flash forward

Takes place in the future, after the present-day time frame.

fade-in

begins as an entirely black field or white, with the image gradually appearing.

fade-out

image gradually disappears

wipe

When 1 image appears to push another image of the screen.

Segmentation

break down of cinematic stories.