Chapter 3- Narrative and Non-Narrative Structures

Some films have a very straight forward Narrative, whilst other may have a more complex one, or none at all. An example of a film with a clear narrative is 'Eel Girl', the scene is immediately established and the story is easy to follow and understand, with Main Characters pointed out and easily understandable dialogue. An example of a film with a rather complex Narrative is 'girl chewing gum' because to start with, it is thought that the narrative is simple- a man directing actors with what to do, before it soon becomes clear that this is spontaneous and not pre-planned, the only part of the film which has an intended narrative is the dialogue, whilst everything else is left down to chance.