BY H A R RY W E E DA L L

NARRATIVE STRUCTURES

LINEAR NARRATIVE

• This type of narrative structure means everything is based in chronological order.

NON-LINEAR

• This is where the structure is not in chronological order; action out of sequence.

SINGLE STRANDARD

• This is where there is one storyline, one set and one plot.

MULTI-STRANDARD

• This is where there are several storylines within one film, for example the story may contain two plots maybe two protagonists.

OPEN

• The viewer, listener or reader is left wondering what happened. A feature that may be used might be a cliffhanger.

CLOSED

• In a closed structure the narrative simply has a structured ending, no cliff-hangers etc.