Alternative structures and new visions for storytelling in the 21st Century:
- Linear and circular narrative structures
- Weaving together ensembles and story strands
- How to balance plot momentum and character development within alternate structures
- Using “framing devices” that help orient the audience as they watch the movie
- Using a “clash of two worlds” as an opportunity to explore new ways of telling the story
- Creating a dramatic unity out of mixed materials, such as documentary and fiction, and mixed idioms, such as realism and expressionism
Films include: CRASH, PAN’S LABYRINTH, AMORES PERES, SYRIANA, CITY OF GOD.
