Narrative Structure and Character Role
This week we looked at different use cases of narrative structure and, going back to last weeks lecture, how Mise-en-Scène is used to convey narrative. For example, we were shown a chase scene where the characters are always crossing the scene from left to right, to convey the chase continuing even as the setting and time changes (aka, narrative continuity).
We also looked at editing, and how there isn’t as much (at least not in the same sense) editing in animation vs live acton, since animation shots are often much more pre planned down to the frame length, whereas live action cameras can keep rolling after the shot end time which the director may choose to do for various reasons.
This lecture was another great source of language and research for my own topic, since narrative structures have always been fascinating to me and I would love to focus on researching the use of them within my topic.