Types of Film narratives

Types of Film narratives

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  Narrative Fenn, Charlotte, Lewis,Josh and Tyler
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  Linear/Non linear • ANon-linear narrative is when the scenes are not in order and the story can switch between different points in time • A linear narrative is when the scenes in a film are in chronological order throughout the film. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a linear narrative until the moment in the film when Harry and Hermione travel back in time. Here it changes to a Non linear narrative because the scenes begin to occur before the scenes we have already seen. When Harry and Hermione travel back to back the present, the film resumes a linear narrative.
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  Single/Multi-Strand Narratives • A singlestrand narrative is where there is one main character as the focus if the story. There is only one plot that follows the main character but there’ll usually be some surrounding characters that the story doesn't really focus much on and the audience won’t care about as much. • A multi-strand narrative is where there are more central characters and will have multiple plots. The audience will care about more than just the one character and not all of the focus is on one character at a time. In Harry Potter, though Harry can be classed as the main character, the story does focus on other characters and the audience does build as strong a relationship with the likes of Ron and Hermione as they do Harry.
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  Using Technical CodesTo Help Indicate Storyline • Technical codes can be used to add suspense by using different shots such as an extreme close up and add also add tension by using a long shot and see two enemies right close to each other without either of them knowing this happens, for example in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban when Harry hides from Malfoy it uses a long shot so you can see Malfoy passing closely by.
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  Themes In TheText Memory Harry Potter suffers from his memories and his disturbing part, and in this sequel of Harry Potter it definitely shows his trouble of coming to terms of these troubled memories and past. Harry personal memory we see him try to come to terms with is his haunted dementor-triggered flashbacks with Voldemort and the horrific event involving his parents. Fear In this sequel fear is a huge theme, as well as all the other harry potters, without the feeling of fear there would be no suspension created. Lupin tells Harry that it is wise to be most afraid of fear itself, the lack of seeing Voldemort in this sequel brings a suspicion to Harry as well as us as an audience, we see that Harry is feared by the lack of seeing Voldemort and this is sure to be a big theme in this film.