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Fabula
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Chronological story
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Syuzhet
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Version of the story created on screen (may not be chronological)
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Cross-Cutting
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Editing that cuts back and forth between two events to show them occurring simultaneously
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Parallel Editing
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Draws parallels between different time/space locations
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Exposition
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Opening scenes of the film
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Backstory
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Information given about the characters' past
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Climax
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Height of the action
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Resolution
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Wrap-up; closed ending to the story
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Freytag's Pyramid
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 Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action (obstacles to goals), Climax, Falling Action (character grows or changes), Turning Point, Resolution (denouement) |
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Single Frame Narration
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 A character narrates an embedded tale to onscreen or implied listeners |
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Dream Vision
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 A character goes to sleep, dreams the events of the story, then awakens to tell the tale |
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Episodic Narrative
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Events are not connected by cause-effect; characters do not have a single goal; events unfold in a spontaneous way
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Enigma
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A puzzle or riddle expressed in allegorical language that requires careful thinking for its solution
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