Theorists- Narrative theory

Bordwell Definition of Narrative:
Story time- The earliest event reffered to in a film to the latest event.
Plot time- The earliest event that the audience see in the film to the latest event.
Screen time- The actual playing time of the film.

Bordwell and Thompsons classification of narrative:
The story exists even when the characters are not on screen examples of this include Lord of the rings, Pulp fiction and Eastenders.

Vladimir Propp's The Morphology of the folk tale (1928):

• Vladimir recognised that all folk tales were similar.
• They each concerned similar situations and issues.
• Stock characters completed the cast.
• Specific roles were assigned to the stock characters which helped to give structure to the story.