Peripeteia– a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative.
Anagnoresis– the point in a play, novel, etc., in which a principal character recognizes or discovers another character’s true identity or the true nature of their own circumstances.
Catharsis– the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
practical and theory sides of moving film production
| practical/tools | theory/concept |
| cameras | performance |
| actors | general |
| sets | events |
| caterers | theme |
| microphones | antagonist/protagonist |
| director | sequential |
| screen play team | peripeteia |
| props | anagnoresis |
| writers | cathasis |
| lights | linear |
| special effects | time based |
some key parts of moving film-
- plot vs character
- arrangement of incidences (how do you arrange events in a story?)
- Aiming towards a goal
- complication and unravelling (peripeteia)
- Recognition (anagnoresis)
- Pathos (agony of recognition)
- Catharsis (knowledge through purge)
Freytags pyramid –
What is Freytag’s Pyramid? – Devised by 19th century German playwright Gustav Freytag, Freytag’s Pyramid is a paradigm of dramatic structure outlining the seven key steps in successful storytelling: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and denouement.