Experimental Structure

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Structure is a very important aspect of filmmaking. The Classical structure of film is setup in 3 acts and divides a narrative into 3 parts. Each part unravels and depicts the storyline for a film. The first act wills establish the main characters, the world or setting these characters live in and their establish relationships between characters. The second will begin to rise the action. This will depict the protagonist attempts to deal with the situation that he/she has been dealt with.
This act will demonstrate the forces of that the antagonist has on the protagonist and how the audience sees this unravel. The third act is the resolution of the story. I.E how did the antagonist overcome the force of the antagonist. And how the answers to the storyline unfolds for the viewer.
Now in modern and independent film making, This three act structure can be manipulated in a non-linear fashion so that the structure is split up into different settings, with separate characters and differ goals . The plot does not have to follow in a chronological way. The climax can be shown first, rather than at the end of the film. The film can be told in a backwards manner in order to see where the story has first started from. Plots can now be customized by the filmmaker in anyway which they wish to depict a story. Most Hollywood big budget films stick

to the classical three act structure, where as the independent film makers might shy away from the conventional way of film making
"This nonlinear narrative structure defies the conventional rules of plot construction and breaks apart the standard notion that a film's scenes must advance in chronological order from opening to climax. Nonlinear film deconstructs a character, complic...

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...ines equally. Much the same way I wish to structure my experimental film this year. The concept involves two characters in completely different realities.
Both storylines play off each other and come together in the unfolding of the narrative. Works Cited

NON-LINEAR NARRATIVES: THE ULITMATE IN TIME TRAVEL by Linda Cowgill.
2001. Plots Inc. Productions. 2014. Plots Inc. Productions. [ONLINE] Available at http://www.plotsinc.com/sitenew/column_art_02.html. slacker by Roger Ebert August 23, 1991. Slacker Movie Review & Film Summary
(1991) | Roger Ebert. 2014. Slacker Movie Review & Film Summary (1991) | Roger
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( six sorts of parallel narratives by Linda Aronson Six types of Parallel Narrative -
Linda Aronson. 2014. Six types of Parallel Narrative - Linda Aronson. [ONLINE]
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