A film, whether it is a Bollywood film or Hollywood production or a small independent effort, has a number of elements that come together in order to guide the audience through the arc of the story. The actors may be the most visible elements on the screen, but a number of other craftsmen had to perform a lot of other functions in order to get that finished film in front of an audience.
If you are interested in analyzing why one movie is a better 'craft' and why other is not, it is important to understand how collaborative film making really is.
Here are some elements to consider when analyzing a film. We can start with "film structure". Each film maker is following a certain structure and there are certain structure traditions. The most commonly used structure in cinema is:
"Classical way of story telling" - or "A dramatic Structure"
This structure is divided into 5 parts.
1. Exposition
2. Crisis (rising action / building up)
3. Climax ( turning point)
4. Falling action
5. Denouement / Resolution
The exposition provides the background information needed to properly understand the story, the characters and the setting.
The exposition ends with the inciting moment, which is the incident without which there would be no story.
During crisis, the basic conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts.
The climax, or turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the protagonist’s affairs.
During the falling action, which is the moment of reversal after the climax, the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels, with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist.
The comedy ends with a denouement (a conclusion) in which the protagonist is better off than at the story’s outset. The tragedy ends with a catastrophe in which the protagonist is worse off than at the beginning of the narrative.
If you are interested in analyzing why one movie is a better 'craft' and why other is not, it is important to understand how collaborative film making really is.
Here are some elements to consider when analyzing a film. We can start with "film structure". Each film maker is following a certain structure and there are certain structure traditions. The most commonly used structure in cinema is:
"Classical way of story telling" - or "A dramatic Structure"
This structure is divided into 5 parts.
1. Exposition
2. Crisis (rising action / building up)
3. Climax ( turning point)
4. Falling action
5. Denouement / Resolution
The exposition provides the background information needed to properly understand the story, the characters and the setting.
The exposition ends with the inciting moment, which is the incident without which there would be no story.
During crisis, the basic conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts.
The climax, or turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the protagonist’s affairs.
During the falling action, which is the moment of reversal after the climax, the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels, with the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist.
The comedy ends with a denouement (a conclusion) in which the protagonist is better off than at the story’s outset. The tragedy ends with a catastrophe in which the protagonist is worse off than at the beginning of the narrative.
