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Narrative

Storytelling

Documentaries

non-fiction accounts of real people and events that may or may not tell a story in the process

Avant-Garde Films

experimental film that may be composed of nothing but shapes or colors or shots of people, not assembled in the form of a tale

Story

all the events of the narrative as they occur in chronological order from beginning to end, both seen and implied

plot

the ordering and structuring of narrative events as they are presented in the film

Diegesis

the world of the story

Syuzhet

the specific ordering of narrative elements within the film (plot)

fabula

the story that each of us constructs as we watch and hear the syuzhet unfold

Scene

defined by the unity of time, space, and action

sequence

maintains one or more of these unities while introducing a discontinuity

Flashback

a shot, sequence, or scene that takes place in the past, before the present-day time frame established by the film

Flashforward

a shot, sequence, or scene that takes place in the future, after the present-day time frame established by the film.

fade-in

screen begins entirely black or white and picture gradually fades into its full strength and clarity

fade-out

the image gradually disappears until the screen is all white or all black

Iris-in

image begins as a small circle in the middle and widens until it covers the screen

Iris-out

image shrinks in a circular form until it disappears in the middle of the screen

dissolve

one image fades out while the next image fades in

superimposition

two separate and distinct images overlap

wipe

one image appears to push another image off the screen

star wipe

the 2nd image appears in the center in a star shape and expands outward, wiping the first image off screen

Crosscutting

editing that alternates two or more lines of action occurring in different places or times, thereby connecting them

B Movie

a film that was made to fill the B side of a double feature and was probably less expensive to produce than the A picture that preceded it

desire

the central character's pursuit of a goal