Download - Intro to narrative and the 5 part structure
Narrative
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
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
Five-Part Dramatic STRUCTURE
ExpositionExpositionDenouementDenouement
ClimaxClimax
Falling ActionFalling ActionRising ActionRising Action
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
Rising ActionRising Action
The events that lead up to the climaxThe events that lead up to the climax
ClimaxClimax
The turning pointThe turning point
Falling actionFalling action
The events that follow the climaxThe events that follow the climax
DenouementDenouement
The resolution or conclusionThe resolution or conclusion