Narrative Structures
Narrative Structures The narrative structure of a film or television show refers to the overall arrangement of the story's content; this determines how the story is told which impacts the way the audience interprets it. This includes features such as the story content, the plot and the elements used to deliver the story. The narrative structure is important as it determines the way the audience chooses to see characters and any occurring events. There are different narrative structures that can be used for storytelling, such as: Linear A linear narrative delivers all events in a chronological order - in the order that each event happens. Quite often flashbacks can be seen as nonlinear, however in some films they can include a flashback yet simply jump back to where the events continues, therefore making it linear. Soap operas are always told in a linear narrative, as they focus on the every day lives of the character as they experience and portray events as each