Narrative
Narrative -What is meant be narrative in film and television? - Whats have key theorists suggest is important when considering narrative? Bordwell and Thompson define narrative as 'a chain of events in a cause-effect relationship occurring in time. Elements of narrative: Diagesi s- The internal world created by the story that the characters themselves experience and encounter. Story and Plot: Story - All events reference both explicitly in a narrative and inferred. Plot - The events directly incorporate into the action of the text and the order in which they are presented. Narrative range: Unrestricted narration - A narrative which has no limits to the information that is presented. Restricted narration - Only offers minimal information regarding the narrative. Narrative depth: Subjective character identification - The viewer is given unique access to what a range of characters see and do. Objective character identification -The viewe...