1. Linear – Progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequential.
2. Chronological – In order of which they have occurred.
3. Sequential – Forming or following in a logical order or sequence.
4. Circular structure – The story ends where the film begins.
5. Time based – Over a period of time.
6. Narrative arc – A path that a story follows.
7. Freytag’s Pyramid – A paradigm of dramatic structure outlining the seven key steps in successful storytelling: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and denouement.
8. Exposition – A comprehensive description or explanation to get across an idea.
9. Inciting Incident – The event that sets the main character or characters on the journey that will occupy them throughout the narrative.
10. Rising Action – This action starts right after the period of exposition and ends at the climax.
11. Climax – Where a final action needs to be taken to resolve the problem/issue/conflict.
12. Falling Action – Is what happens near the end of a story after the climax and resolution of the major conflict.
13. Resolution – The ending of the story. Occurs after the climax.
14. Denouement –  Is an aspect of narrative that gives context and resolution to a major theme, relationship or event in a story.
15. Beginning / Middle / End – Different stages of a story.
16. Equilibrium – One (First) of the stages in the theory of narrative structure of Todorov’s theory. It is explained about the condition that happens with a character. Is the beginning of the film, and the characters life is normal.
17. Disruption – This is the second stage of Todorov’s theory, where a characters life is about to change / have interference.
18. New equilibrium – The final stage of Todorov’s theory where a characters life goes back to normal. Is the ending of the film.
19. Peripeteia – The turning point in a drama after which the plot moves steadily to its denouement. A shift of good to bad in a characters life.
20. Anagnoresis – A moment of recognition or revelation in a story, where the characters life switches to a reversal of fortune.
21. Catharsis – The release and relief of strong or repressed emotions and often leads to a resolution.
22. The 3 Unities: Action, Time, Place – Action (a play / film should have one unified plot), Time (all the action should occur within one day), Place (a play / film should be limited to a single locale / location)
23. Flashback / flash forward – A interruption of a character remembering past tragic events.
24. Foreshadowing – An indication or hint of what is to come.
25. Ellipsis – A jump or purposely missing out events to advance the story.
26. Pathos – The persuasive technique that appeals to an audience through emotions and to gain an emotional effect from the film. The quality of pity and sadness.
27. Empathy – The ability to sense other people’s emotions and to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling.
28. Diegetic – Things that emanates from the story world of the film.
29. Non-Diegetic – Things that occur outside the story’s line / world.
30. Slow Motion – An effect either performed or edited to look as if a character / thing or object is slowed down. As well, so that the audience can take in certain info or focus on certain aspects of the film.
31. In Media Re – Starting in mid-action
32. Metanarratives –

Synopsis : Film Idea

a girl is kidnapped and entered into a sex trafficking ring and transported to Mexico this film is about her journey.

Statement of intent : for my two psotyer

Within my posters i intend to creat two advertising posters for my film “the captive” – which is about a 19 year olds journey whislt being tkaen and sold to a sex trafficking

the genre of my film would be a horror as well as a mystery because there are incidents of physical violence and psychological terror but also revolves around the solution of a problem

Todorov’s Theory :

Equilibrium – One (First) of the stages in the theory of narrative structure of Todorov’s theory. It is explained about the condition that happens with a character. Is the beginning of the film, and the characters life is normal.

Disruption – This is the second stage of Todorov’s theory, where a characters life is about to change / have interference.

New equilibrium – The final stage of Todorov’s theory where a characters life goes back to normal. Is the ending of the film.

Todorov recognises the stories are constructed and that stories are always linear – pg 32

Todorov’s theory can be manipulated into multiple equilibrium / disruption sequence, meaning that media companies try to produce a roller coaster effect to give the audience calmness and excitement.

multiple equilibrium/ disruption sequences – roller coaster effect for their audiences by developing

metanarratives – provide audiences with moments that draw attention to the idea that they are watching a story. Metanarration might knowingly refer to the product as a media construct or speak directly to audiences. drawing attention to the process of storytelling.

condensed audiences – contempory audiences often have a much lower boredom threshold, expecting products to deliver action or disruption quickly. producers therefore propel narratives towards moments of immediate disruption to hook audience engagement from the outset.

Vladimir Propp

Vladimir Propp suggests that stories use stock characters to structure stories.

Propp argued that stories are character driven and that plots develop from the decisions and actions of characters and how they function in a story.

Vladimir Propp was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irreducible structural units.

CHARACTERS FUNCTION TO PROVIDE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE:

1. Hero – seeker hero and victim hero
2. Helper – accompanies the hero on their quest, saving them from their struggles
3. Princess – represents the reward of the heros quest
4. Villain – fights or pursues the hero
5. Victim –
6. Dispatcher
7. Father
8. False Hero