ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some of that variety as it is manifested in a film's style and dramatic structure. Style can be defined as an approach to the visualization of a story, while design can be defined as a plan. Original styles often come from the imagination that rests in the artist's unconscious. An original personal style, when revealed, becomes food for fodder and can then be incorporated by future directors in their design. The chief characteristic of the narrative visual style is that there is minimal articulation of action by the camera. In the dramatic visual style there is a "punching up" of the action through more frequent articulation of narrative beats, often accompanied by "strong" frames–shots that contain dramatic tension in and of themselves. The poetic visual style features lyrical camera movements, sometimes using slow motion, and most always supported by music.
