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Assignment
- Choose a movie or a single episode of a TV show, but not one we've watched in class.
- Break it down scene-by-scene.
- Number each scene and write a very short description of it.
- Identify each of the narrative elements (from lecture; see below) in your movie or TV episode. Which scene (provide the number) fulfills each element?
- If your film or TV episode is missing an element, discuss the impact of its absence.
Classical film narrative elements
- Single protagonist
- Exposition
- Motivation
- Narrative enigma
- Cause-effect chain
- Climax
- Resolution
TV-episode narrative elements
These are the elements for a series. Remember that a serial handles these elements slightly differently.
- Multiple protagonists
- Exposition
- Motivation
- Narrative problematic (and episode's enigma or enigmas)
- Cause-effect chain
- Climax
- Resolution