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Dramatic Structure and Conflict. Definition. The aesthetic and logical arrangement of parts to achieve the maximum emotional, intellectual, or dramatic impact Film plot has four basic elements Exposition Complication Climax Denoument. Exposition.
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Definition • The aesthetic and logical arrangement of parts to achieve the maximum emotional, intellectual, or dramatic impact • Film plot has four basic elements • Exposition • Complication • Climax • Denoument
Exposition • Introduces characters, shows relationships, places them in believable time and place
Complication • Conflict begins and grows in clarity, intensity, and importance • Usually the longest section
Climax • Point of maximum tension, two forces confront one another in physical or emotional conflict
Denouement • State of relative equilibrium
Types of structure • Linear structure presents the four basic elements in their traditional order • Nonlinear structure breaks the traditional order, it may use various other structures
Nonlinear structures • In media res- means “in the middle of things,”begins after the complication • Flashbacks- filmed sequences that go back in time • Flash forward- filmed sequence that jumps into the future
Conflict • Two types of conflict: internal and external • Internal- the character struggles with some moral or ethical decision within his or her own mind • External- the character struggles with someone or something outside himself or herself