COMM 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Upstream Color, Sitcom, Andrei Tarkovsky
29 Sep 2016
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Characters: ctrional, based on reality, or real (ie. the player combines all 3)! Events, in some order: chronological, thematic, imagined, arbitrary ! Causes and effects; usually based on character goals, usually via con icts! Dramatic con ict is key for creating an interesting story! Cinema is sculpting in time andrej tarkovsky! Time can be conveyed as past, present and future! 2 types of fictional narratives according to aristotle! World presented in the lm is believable ! Unfolds in traditional manner, predictable, clear good and bad ! Uses social actors to tell a story/present a thesis that happened/is happening in the ! real world! May/may not be concerned with telling a story! Is exploratory in its use of cinematic tools! An adolescent girl travels to a fantasy land! Story: a narrative of events and people arranged in their time sequence! Build your idea, decide on themes and characters, organize the structure! Revising your script many times is normal and necessary!
