Conventions and Narrative Structure of a Drama
Emotion - A very important part of a drama is the emotion which is projected onto the audience. If the audience is affected then the drama has done what it was intended to do.
Within any drama there is always different conflicts such as:
Man vs Self
Man vs society
Man vs Nature
Man vs Technology
Man vs Fate
Emotion - A very important part of a drama is the emotion which is projected onto the audience. If the audience is affected then the drama has done what it was intended to do.
Within any drama there is always different conflicts such as:
Man vs Self
Man vs society
Man vs Nature
Man vs Technology
Man vs Fate
Freytag's Theory - Freytag's Pyramid
Gustav Freytag was a Nineteenth Century German novelist who saw common patterns in the plots of stories and novels and developed a diagram to analyze them.
Gustav Freytag was a Nineteenth Century German novelist who saw common patterns in the plots of stories and novels and developed a diagram to analyze them.
Freytag believed that every drama can be divided into five major acts or parts. These were known to be: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and finally Dénouement. They are also known as a Dramatic Arc.
Exposition: At the beginning of a film the exposition provides the background information needed to understand the story. Following the exposition is the focal conflict or problem which the story is based around; although this may not be clear until further into the film.
Rising Action: The initial conflict becomes more complex as other smaller conflicts become noticeable. These conflicts make the road of the protagonist more difficult and deters them away form reaching their goal.
Climax: The key turning point within the film where something could progress the story further or go terribly wrong.
Falling Action: The point in which the climax is reversed and the conflict starts to diminish slowly.
Denouement: Also known as the resolution of the film where the conflict is finally resolved. The word denouement was derived from the French word 'denoer' which meant "to untie". More often than not this is the ending where the protagonist is better off than they were when the story was first introduced.
Rising Action: The initial conflict becomes more complex as other smaller conflicts become noticeable. These conflicts make the road of the protagonist more difficult and deters them away form reaching their goal.
Climax: The key turning point within the film where something could progress the story further or go terribly wrong.
Falling Action: The point in which the climax is reversed and the conflict starts to diminish slowly.
Denouement: Also known as the resolution of the film where the conflict is finally resolved. The word denouement was derived from the French word 'denoer' which meant "to untie". More often than not this is the ending where the protagonist is better off than they were when the story was first introduced.
Our short film will be using Freytag's Theory and it will be based around a young girl who overcomes despair.
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Each of these films are examples of dramas.
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