<p>How Films Tell Stories presents a concise and engaging introduction to the often complex study of narrative theory. In part one, Aspects of Story, theories of plot structure, character, and fictional worlds are applied to cinema. Part two, Aspects of Discourse, discusses how the story is communicated, examining techniques of cinematic narration such as time manipulation, perspective, editing, and sound. Each chapter concludes with questions encouraging readers to produce their own analyses of the narrative strategies of films. A supplemental website with video links accompanies the book.</p>

How Films Tell Stories: The Narratology of Cinema

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Larry A. Brown

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Creative Arts Press

<p>Enhance your appreciation of the movies you watch.Written for the intellectually curious film viewer, "How Films Tell Stories" presents a concise and engaging introduction to the narrative strategies of cinema. Learn about the fundamental elements of a story such as plot structure, character, and fictional worlds, and how a story is communicated through the medium of film using time manipulation, perspective, cinematography, editing, and sound. A supplemental website provides video links to many of the film scenes discussed in the book.</p>

Brown, Larry A.

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How Films Tell Stories: The Narratology of Cinema

How Films Tell Stories: The Narratology of Cinema