Photography and narrative: What is involved in telling a story?
Narratives can be structured in a number of ways, but the classical form is that of the linear narrative – a story with a beginning, middle and end, strong characters Continue Reading
Narratives can be structured in a number of ways, but the classical form is that of the linear narrative – a story with a beginning, middle and end, strong characters Continue Reading
Analysis of editing in Robert Bresson’s 1959 Pickpocket. By David Bordwell Source: David Bordwell
Propp’s analysis Russian Vladimir Propp (1895-1970) analyzed many of his country’s folk tales and identified common themes within them. He broke down the stories into morphemes (analyzable chunks) and identified 31 narratemes (narrative units) Continue Reading
The Hero’s Journey Outline The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell in The Power of Myth that appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious Continue Reading