COMM 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Andrei Tarkovsky, Diegesis, Themselves
29 Sep 2016
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Complexity in story and character comes from the writing. Fictional, based on reality, or real (e. g. the player combines all three) Usually based on character goals, usually via conflicts. Dramatic conflict is key for creating an interesting story. When the conflict is at its best. Some films do not have a denouement because they provide an open ending. Cinema is sculpting in time. --andrej tarkovsky as past, present, and future. Two types of fictional narratives, according to aristotle: Theatre is very diegetic, however, there are some parts of mimesis involved when they are using visual arts. Cinema combines both forms of storytelling, hence having a wider range of narrative techniques at its disposal. Uses social actors to tell a story to present a thesis that is happening in the real world. No story, and is exploratory in its use of cinematic tools. A narrative of events arranged in a timeline. A narrative of events with an emphasis on causality.
