Film Narrative

The primary function of a film's plot is to entertain the audience by engaging them with a compelling story.

Fractal is not a common type of film narrative structure. Linear, circular, and parallel are all common structures used in films.

Character development serves multiple purposes in a film, including making the characters more relatable, creating conflict and tension, and providing backstory and context.

In film, the story is the overall narrative arc, while the plot is the specific sequence of events that make up the story.

A MacGuffin is a plot device that is used to create suspense or surprise. It is an object or goal that the characters are pursuing, but which has no intrinsic value or significance.

A dynamic character is a character who undergoes a significant change or transformation over the course of a film. This change can be positive or negative, and it can be internal or external.

A flashback is a scene that provides backstory or context for the main story by showing events that happened in the past.

A flashforward is a scene that hints at or foreshadows events that will happen later in the film.

A montage is a series of short scenes that are edited together to create a sense of time passing or to show multiple events happening simultaneously.

An antagonist is a character who opposes the protagonist and tries to prevent them from achieving their goal.

A deuteragonist is a character who is neither the protagonist nor the antagonist, but who plays an important role in the story.

The protagonist is the main character of a story.

Third person is the point of view from which a story is told by an outside observer.

Conflict is the conflict or struggle that drives the plot of a story.

Resolution is the way in which a story is resolved.