-OBJECTIVES-
YOU WILL LEARN WHAT MAKE UP A NON-LINEAR NARRATIVE.
YOU WILL LEARN THE DIFFERENT BASIC TYPES OF NON-LINEAR STORYTELLING AND HOW IT ENHANCES THE PLOT.
YOU WILL WRITE AND CREATE A NON-LINEAR FILM.
-NON-LINEAR-
OF OR DENOTING DIGITAL EDITING WHEREBY A SEQUENCE OF EDITS IS STORED ON COMPUTER AS OPPOSED TO VIDEOTAPE, THUS FACILITATING FURTHER EDITING.
-CLASS DISCUSSION-
WHAT IS A NON-LINEAR NARRATIVE?
NOT IN ORDER
FLASHBACK
DO THEY HAVE LESS OF A STORY
CAN YOU WRITE
NON-LINEAR?
LINEAR NARRATIVE- A STORY WHERE THE EVENTS ARE PRESENTED CHRONOLOGICALLY, OR VIA CAUSE AND EFFECT.
NON-LINEAR NARRATIVE-A FILM WHERE THE EVENTS ARE PRESENTED OUT OF CHRONOLOGICAL (TIME) ORDER.
HISTORY
D.W. GRIFFITH USED MULTIPLE NARRATIVES IN HIS FAMOUS FILM INTOLERANCE.
MULTIPLE NARRATIVES AT THE SAME TIME
WAS CONFUSING TO THE EARLY AUDIENCE
THE BROKEN CHAIN
IS CAUSALITY IN KEY IN A TRADITIONAL (LINEAR) NARRATIVE, THE CHAIN IS BROKEN IN A NON-LINEAR ONE.
A NOTION OF TIME
WE PERCEIVE THE WORLD IN A STRAIT LINE.
OUR MEMORIES CAN BE FRACTURED AND PERCEIVE THINGS OUT OF ORDER.
THE HOW
NON-LINEAR NARRATIVES ARE MOST CONCERNED WITH HOW.
THE WRITER MUST BE CONCERNED WITH HOW THE CHARACTER GOT TO THAT POINT.
IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATED THIS TO THE AUDIENCE, THE WRITER CAN TELL THE STORY OUT OF ORDER.
NON-LINEAR TYPES
END BEFORE THE BEGINNING
JUMP INTO THE MIDDLE - THEN GO BACK
MULTIPLE NARRATIVES
TIME TRAVEL STORIES
MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW
RECOUNTING
END BEFORE THE BEGINNING
WE START WITH THE ENDING.
THEN THE FILMMAKER GOES BACK TO THE BEGINNING TO EXPAIN HOW WE GOT THERE.
EX-USUAL SUSPECTS
JUMP INTO THE MIDDLE...
THIS STYLE DUMPS THE AUDIENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FILM.
AUDIENCE IS DISORIENTED, BUT THE FILMMAKER LAYS OUT THE REST OF THE SCENES IN A WAY TO CATCH US UP TO THE STORY.
EX-MOMENTO
MULTIPLE NARRATIVES
MULTIPLE STORIES FROM DIFFEENT CHARACTERS.
A COMMON TREAD AMONG ALL STORIES.
CHARACTERS MEET UP AT A COMMON EVENT?
EX-PULP FICTION
TIME TRAVEL
TYPICALLY SCIENCE FICTION
DEALS WITH CAUSALITY. A
A TIME TRAVELER CHANGES EVENTS.
WE GET TO SEE THE RESULTS OF TAMPERING WITH THE TIMELINE.
EX - PRIMER
MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW
WE TYPICALLY SEE AN EVENT FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
MULTIPLE CHARACTERS TELL THERE VERSION OF THE SAME EVENT.
THE MYSTER OF WHO'S CORRECT?
EX- RASHOMON
RECOUNTING
WE HEAR THE CHAIN OF EVENTS FROM THE STORYTELLING.
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
EVENTS TOLD AS THEY RECALL THEM.
EX-ANNIE HALL
CHALLENGES
NON-LINEAR STORIES ARE DIFFICULT TO WRITE & PULL OFF.
YOU MUST CREATE A TIMELINE OF EVENTS & LIST OF CHARACTERS
THE BEST TYPE OF STORYTELLING TO USE THE "INDEX CARD OUTLINE."
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