Film Studies 1020E Study Guide - Citizen Kane, In Medias Res, William Randolph Hearst

• School: Western University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: Film Studies 1020E
• Professor: Benjamin Wright

Document Summary

Narrative is a fundamental way that man makes sense of the world. There are characters, and the actions that they take will involve one another. A series of incidents that will be connected in some way. The problems or conflicts that arrive will be settled. Engages the viewer in a dynamic activity. A chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space. Begins with one situation; a series of changes occurs according to a pattern of cause and effect; finally a new situation arises that brings about the end of the narrative. Our engagement with the story depends on our understanding of the pattern of change and stability, cause and effect, time and space. The story is the chain of events in chronological order. The same story can be rendered in different ways, as different plots. Filmmakers built the plot from the story, but viewers build the story from the plot.