NARRATIVE IN TIME AND SPACE

NARRATIVE ‑ TIME & SPACE

Narrative shapes material in terms of space and time ‑ it defines where things take place, when they take
place, how quickly they take place. Narrative, especially that of film and TV, has an immense ability to manipulate our awareness of time and place e.g. flashbacks, replays of action, slow motion, speeding up, jumping between places and times.

NARRATIVE MODES There are two main modes of narrative which need to be structured.

1 . The narrative of events e.g. ‑ A hero shoots an enemy agent, dives into a lake,
triggers a remote control device which will destroy the enemy submarine.
2. The narrative of drama e.g. ‑ The heroine has a tense argument with the hero
and decides he was never her type and she is going to leave. Nothing has really
happened in terms of events but a lot has happened dramatically.