THREE PART NARRATIVE MODEL ( CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD PLOT STYLE from FILM ART)

EXPOSITION- establishes characters' psychological motivation, desires and goals

DEVELOPMENT - creates obstacles (conflict), characters undergo change, change in knowledge, goals may change. CLIMAX is considered the "high point" of this section, which focuses possible outcomes so narrowly (In other words, it leaves only one or two ways for plot to proceed).

RESOLUTION - all possible lines of plot action created in DEVELOPMENT are now closed except one. This line ends with a high degree of closure

POST-CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD PLOT STYLES

FOUR PART NARRATIVE MODEL - Kristin Thompson

SETUP - SHOULD ESTABLISH AN INTITIAL SITUATION; MAY ESTABLISH FIRST GOAL OF CHARACTERS

COMPLICATING ACTION - CONSIDER THIS A "COUNTER SETUP" WHICH SHIFTS THE COURSE OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE CHARACTER(S). CREATES ENTIRELY NEW SITUATION FOR CHARACTERS TO DEAL WITH.

DEVELOPMENT SECTION - *OFTEN VERY DISTINCT FROM COMPLICATING ACTION. CHARACTERS WORK TOWARD GOALS, MEET OBSTACLES, AND ARE DELAYED FROM ACCOMPLISHING GOAL.

THIS SECTION ENDS WHEN ALL PREMISES REGARDING GOALS & ALL LINES OF ACTION HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

CLIMAX - BEGINS WHEN ACTION SHIFTS INTO STRAIGHTFORWARD PROGRESS TOWARD GOAL. NO MORE DELAYS

EPILOGUE - OPTIONAL - CAN BE USED TO CREATE DELAYED CAUSE WHICH JUSTIFIED SEQUEL!

HIGH CONCEPT - Justin Wyatt

Simplification of plot and characterization

High degree of matching between image and music soundtrack

Examples: Top Gun, Flashdance, Gladiator, A Man Apart