Discusssion of the Narrative Structure of Reservoir Dogs

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF RESERVOIR DOGS Analyse the narrative structure of one film text, giving particular attention to suspense and resolution. Narrative is the device by which a story is told. Although there are many possible narrative forms, the majority of media texts we view rely on what is known as the `classical` Hollywood narrative. That is, they attempt to tell a story that the audience expects to make sense of like a book; as if …

…ructured his movie in a `classical` way, we would have quite a different movie; highlighting the importance that the narrative structure has on the effectiveness of the film. BIBLIOGRAPHY Bernard, Jami (1995)Tarrentino: The Man and his Movies HarperCollins:London Branston, Gill & Stafford, Roy (1996) The Media Students Book Routledge:London Bordwell, David & Thompson, Krisitn (1993) Film Art McGraw-Hill:London Giannetti, Louis (1996) Understanding Movies Prentice-Hall:London OTHER SOURCES: Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarrentino (1992) The Making of Reservoir Dogs Channel 4 (1997)