ABSTRACT
If you are working your way through the whole or parts of this chapter you will find it useful to have watched Seven (Fincher, 1995) and perhaps Run Lola Run (Tykwer, 1999), and helpful to have access to scenes, clips and single shots from at least some of the following films:
■ Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) ■ Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Ritchie, 1998) ■ Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson, 2001) ■ Four Weddings and a Funeral (Newell, 1994) ■ Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) ■ High Noon (Zinnemann, 1952) ■ Billy Elliot (Daldry, 2000)
This chapter:
■ explains the terms ‘narrative’ and ‘narrative structure’; ■ examines the role of the narrator; ■ explores the importance of stories in our everyday life; ■ outlines the expected or common features of stories; ■ considers ways in which we as viewers read film.
