Story Conventions

Season

Unit 1 MediaUnit 3 Media

Unit

media representationsnarrative and ideology

Episode

representations and constructionsthe c words

〽️ Narrative Structure

Definition

Most films can be seen under some basic hollywood narrative structures. Typically, a film can often be described under a three act structure, where the world of the film is established, there is is rising tension which leads to a climax and resolution.

Much of how this looks or works may depend on genre conventions, however, we as an audience depend on the good guy to win, the couple to end up together, or more than anything, that there is an ending. The narrative needs to feel as if it had a beginning, middle and an end.

Extended info / examples

〽️Narrative structure

Worksheets / Resources

🖼 Narrative Structures PowerPoint.pptx43.0KB

Video Examples

Get Down

Terminator 2

Gene Hunt

Ashes to Ashes

Furious Intro

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Escape

The Invisible Man

Brooklyn 1972

Dog Day Afternoon

Peter is You

Dispatches from Elsewhere

Indy Intro

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Closing Sequence

Slumdog Millionaire

What lies beneath

Blue Velvet

Opening Sequence

Funny Games

Opening Sequence

The Matrix

Want to play a game?

Scream

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Slumdog Millionaire

Award

The Sixth Sense

Titles Sequence

Watchmen

First Attack

Jaws

Opening Sequence

Rear Window

Outside Resources

Structuring Time | VCE Media, Victorian Curriculum, Media Arts, digital literacy, media education, filmmaking

Chernobyl - A Masterclass in Perspective - YouTube

What Is Character Perspective? - YouTube

How to Control the Point of View of Your Story

Understanding Point of View in Film and Video

Art of the Opening Scene — How to Start a Movie 6 Different Ways, From Nolan to Baumbach - YouTube

Spielberg: How to Introduce Characters - YouTube

Good Will Hunting — The Psychology of Character - YouTube

4. How Are the Characters Portrayed? – Exploring Movie Construction and Production

Narrative – Moving Pictures

“Narratives” in “Film Appreciation” on OpenALG

3. What Are the Mechanics of Story and Plot? – Exploring Movie Construction and Production

What Type of Scene Is It?. “It is important to understand what… | by Scott Myers | Jul, 2021 | Go Into The Story

Joker Director Breaks Down the Opening Scene | Vanity Fair - YouTube

🤵 Character construction

Definition

The characters in a film are what moves the narrative forward. It’s the characters’ desires and traits that provide the motivations for a story to progress in a ‘natural’ way.

Extended info / examples

🤵Character construction

Worksheets / Resources

🖼 Character PowerPoint.pptx38.8KB

Video Examples

Ripley’s Nightmares

Aliens

Time To Die

Blade Runner

Trunchbull

Matilda

Captain Jack Sparrow

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Ice-Cream Shop

Killing Eve

Homecoming Dance

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Gene Hunt

Ashes to Ashes

Peter is You

Dispatches from Elsewhere

Indy Intro

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

James T Kirk

Star Trek

Outside Resources

Spielberg: How to Introduce Characters - YouTube

Good Will Hunting — The Psychology of Character - YouTube

4. How Are the Characters Portrayed? – Exploring Movie Construction and Production

Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón film analysis • Senses of Cinema

👀 Point of View

Definition

Point of view is basically whose eyes we see the film through. This is usually the same person telling the story.

Extended info / examples

👀Point of view

Worksheets / Resources

🖼 Point of VIew PowerPoint.pptx38.8KB

Video Examples

Ice-Cream Shop

Killing Eve

Breakdown

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Cafeteria Fight

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Homecoming Dance

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I am not an animal!

The Elephant Man

Dead Mum

Slumdog Millionaire

Restaurant Scene

Vertigo

Outside Resources

Chernobyl - A Masterclass in Perspective - YouTube

What Is Character Perspective? - YouTube

How to Control the Point of View of Your Story

Understanding Point of View in Film and Video

⌚️ Time structures

Definition

Extended info / examples

Structuring of time

Worksheets / Resources

Video Examples

Bones

The Green Knight

Get Down

Terminator 2

Closing Sequence

Slumdog Millionaire

Titles Sequence

Watchmen

Outside Resources

Structuring Time | VCE Media, Victorian Curriculum, Media Arts, digital literacy, media education, filmmaking