Narrative Structure

• The Conventional Narrative Structure follows the basic pattern in terms of constructing a story/plot. 
• The conventional structure is Tzetan Todorov's which can be used in all genres of film. It has a certain beginning, middle and end.
• Classical Hollywood narrative Structure:

1. Situation or exposition
2. Complication
3. Climax
4. Resolution

• A marker- is a media language which provides information to audiences quickly. It can provide information on:
• The Location of the text.(geographical marker)
• The time or era of the text.(historical marker
• The genre of text. (generic marker)
• Information on the characters.(character marker)
  
• Avant Garde/ Experimental Narrative films: some films do not follow the rules of IMR and the classical Hollywood narrative structures.
• Some films 'break the rules' of Hollywood cinema by changing the conventional camerawork, editing, sound and narrative structure/story.
• I don't like this style of film as I find it hard to understand the concept of the film and what they are trying to portray, e.g. the film 'Daisies' (Dir. Vera Chytilova,1966) I found pointless and risky as none of the scenes go together or flow.