ENG 425 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Citizen Kane
19 Sep 2016
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Major dramatic question: the primary question of the film, asked early in the film and answered at the end of the film. It helps to generate meaning or theme. (usually some question is unfolding on screen) In citizen kane, the question is who is rosebud? . Plot: how the major dramatic question is asked and how the story is ordered. Protagonist: the lead character with an objective or an obstacle. The person about whom the dramatic question will be asked. How the character and world exist before something happens to set off the chain of events in the plot. Inciting excitement: the thing (change) that happens that sets off everything else. It may or may not involve the protagonist. Call to action: the point at which a protagonist must make an action. Rising action: time between the protagonist accepting the call to action and the climax. Includes complications and turning points and increasing stakes and commitment from the protagonist.
