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Narrative Structure 1 Status Quo 2 Inciting Incident 3 Rising Action 4 Climax 5 Falling Action Resolution 6 Closure new Status Quo Narrative Structure Status Quo initial state of affairs introducing the setting some characters the mood ID: 615988

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Narrative StructureSlide2

Narrative Structure

1. Status Quo

2. Inciting Incident

3. Rising Action

4. Climax

5. Falling Action, Resolution

6. Closure, new Status QuoSlide3

Narrative Structure

Status

Quo: initial state of affairs introducing the setting, some characters, the mood/tone

2) Some sort of inciting

incident that alters things and creates a situation that needs to be resolved in some

way3) Subsequent

events that try to resolve and return to status quo

4) Climax of the film: highest point of interest; turning point5) Resolution

following the climax, all elements resolve6)

Order is restored—sometimes with great change to

specific individuals Slide4

Narrative Structure

1. Status Quo

2. Inciting Incident

3. Rising Action

4. Climax

5. Falling Action, Resolution

6. Closure, new Status QuoSlide5

Narrative Structure

examples

Murder Mystery: 2 (inciting incident): discovery

of a dead body 4 (climax) : solution of crime

Action/Adventure:2) loss/absence of desirable object 4) attainment of said object

Love Story:

2) chance encounter 4) marriage/proposal/indication of such

Monster/Horror:2)

death of innocent victim 4

) actual or symbolic death of “monster,” which is often reincarnated in a sequelSlide6

Narrative Structure

character involvement

Characters are directly linked to 3) Subsequent events that try to resolve and return to status quo (rising action)

Characters possess goals and take actions they have been given or assigned; characters have problems they must solve

Along the way, characters: -overcome those who stand in their way -triumph over unfortunate given circumstances

-transcend their own limitations -either triumph or fail by the end—still can restore status quo

Characters often stand in the way of each other: stories keep intersecting the frustrating each other (ie

. good guy vs. bad guy)Slide7

Narrative Structure

Temporal and Spatial Dimension

Often there is a TIMELINE set in place—ie. goals need to be met by a specific time. --Temporal Dimension

--ex. Buster Keaton’s Seven Chances (1925). Character learns he will inherit $7 million if he can get married by 7:00pm on his 27

th birthday (which happens to be that very day).

Often there is a JOURNEY involved—ie. characters must travel from one place to another --Spatial Dimension

--ex. Journey in The Wizard of Oz (1939), voyage in

Apollo 13 (1995).