Story and Plot - Narrative Structure For Our Piece

Story and Plot - Narrative Structure For Our Piece

Story

Story is all the events in the protaganist's life in a chronological order.

Plot

Plot is the events of the story that were chosen to be included in the final film. The plot can be in chronological or non-chronological order. A plot can ellipse the story.

Narrative

The narrative of a film is the order in which the story is plotted and it is the overall structure of the story being told.

Narrative Structure In Our Piece

Story -  The story of the piece is that the is a man called Rick who was involved in a crime event. Rick was the victim of the crime event and he witnessed gunshots and a mysterious man digging a grave to bury a person. This crime event has left Rick mentally scarred which lead Rick to visit a doctor. The doctor recommends an investigator try to find out what happened. The doctor and the investigator both intergate Rick in an interragation room. The doctor is there to make sure that the inverstigator doesn't abuse Rick. Rick starts to get flashbacks of the events. Rick tells the doctor and the investigator about the flashbacks and Rick and the investigator try to figure out what happened by following the flashback which lead them to how the crime event happened. In the end the investigator finds out that Rick was the victim and Rick has forgotten that he was the victim as well due to amnesia. After Rick finds out he was the victim he can overcome his mental scar and the actual villain who performed the crime (the mysterious man) is caught by the investigator.

Plot - The film starts in the interigation when the doctor, Rick, and the investigator are in the room. The investigator is trying to find out about the crime and then Rick gets some flashbacks to before and during the crime event. The flashbacks show Rick and his friend at a back and they shot gunshots and they show a mysterious man digging a grave. The investigator and Rick follow the flashbacks and the flashbacks lead to more flashbacks until the investigator and Rick find out that Rick was the victim. Then the investigator finds the mysterious man who is the villain and he goes to jail (but the audience never see his face - keeps enigma) and because of this Rick overcomes his mental scar and can continue with his life.

We chose a non-chronological plot for our piece.

Keywords

Protagonist: The protagonist is the main character of the story that is being written about.
Chronological plot: The story events that have been chosen to be in the film are shown in time order.
Non-chronological plot: The story events that have been chosen to be in the film are shown not in time order.
Ellipse: Where part of the material for the story is left out of the plot.

Tzvetan Todorov's Narrative Theory

This is the most well-known narrative theory. These are the parts of it:

1. Equilibrium
2. Disruption (Disequilibrium)
3. Recognition of the disruption
4.  Attempts to resolve the disruption
5. Resolution

However, this only apply to chronological plots which means that our piece will not follow this narrative theory.

What Is Going To In The Opening

The opening 2 minute sequence will start in the interrogation when the doctor, Rick, and the investigator are in the room. The investigator is trying to find out about the crime and then Rick gets some flashbacks to before and during the crime event. The flashbacks show Rick and his friend at a back and they shot gunshots and they show a mysterious man digging a grave.3

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