Saturday, 21 January 2017

Micro/Macro


The key technical components of a film can be divided into two key categories:

  • Macro Elements 
  • Micro Elements 
The term "Macro" elements refers to:
  • Genre 
  • Elements 
The term genre refers to a category of media products that are classified as being similar in form or type.

Story: A sequence of events, often referred to as the plot


  • Narrative Structure: The way those events are revealed to the audience 

Narrative 

Linear = The sequence of events are shown in the order that they took place - beginning, middle, end. This is the most popular form of narrative structure

Non- Linear=  the sequence of events are revealed out of the expected order. E.g. pulp fiction 





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