storytelling in hollywood
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Storytelling in Hollywood. Everyone Has a Story to Tell. How…. Plot Defined. Chain of events occurring in time and space that are linked by cause and effect . Events and actions don’t happen randomly. Basic Plot Map. But Who Says?. WHY do stories have to be told in this linear fashion? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Storytelling in Hollywood
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Everyone Has a Story to Tell
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How….
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Plot Defined
• Chain of events occurring in time and space that are linked by cause and effect.
– Events and actions don’t happen randomly
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Basic Plot Map
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But Who Says?
• WHY do stories have to be told in this linear fashion?
• So DO they HAVE to?
• Where have you seen films NOT follow the plot map?
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Examples• Pulp Fiction
• Memento
• Sliding Doors
• 500 Days of Summer
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Love Actually
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Pulp Fiction – Character Chart
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Pulp Fiction - Chronologically
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Challenge?
• Want to tell their story
• Want to tell it in unique manner
• Can’t confuse the audience!– Not saying they need to “dumb it down”
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Easy to Follow?
• Classical storytelling may be easy to follow.
• But….that does not make them SIMPLE or childish!
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The Four Stages!
• Not to be confused with…..
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1) The Set-Up
• Meet characters
• Get a feel for who they are
• Establish the “double goal” structure
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2) Complicating Action
• Action goes in a new direction
• New situation that the protagonist must cope with
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3) Development
• Goals are all in place
• Many incidents that create action, suspense, and delay
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4) Climax and Epilogue
• Straight forward progress toward a resolution
• Build steadily toward a point of high action
• Will protagonist’s goals be achieved or not?
• Nothing new should be introduced
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4 Stages
• Roughly balanced in terms of time
• Cause and effect pattern
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Summary
• Plot = series of events through which the story is told.
• Might be chronological, might not.
• Films progress through 4 stages.– Set up Complicating action
Development Climax and resolution