Narrative

Linear Narrative A linear narrative follows a straight line: Beginning -> Middle -> End Example 1 World War Z: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk
Example 2 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvI66Xaj9-o

Non-Linear Narrative A non-linear narrative is when the storylines events are rearranged into a different order, or deconstructed in a way that reflects upon the central characters psychological state, or the storys theme. This allows the audience to be placed in the minds of characters that have different or unusual ways of thinking, or whose ability to process information is impaired. Example 1 Pulp Fiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7EdQ4FqbhY Example 2 Memento: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq9eM4ZXRgs Flashback A flashback is an interjected scene that allows the audience to be taken back in time from the current point in the storyline, to past events that have already happened. This is done to recount past events that have already occurred in the storys primary sequence of events to fin in crucial back-story. Example 1 Inception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hP9D6kZseM,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCTAJ00nIlI Example 2 Shutter Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioxa3xnmmkw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVPlTNGv_5c

Realist A realist narrative is a storyline that is believable by that audience because they appear real, or are based on a true story that happened in the past. Example 1 The Social Network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4
Example 2 127 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlhLOWTnVoQ

Anti-Realist An anti-realist narrative is a storyline that are not believable and are based on fictional situations. Example 1 Oblivion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIIgE7eSak

Example 2 Riddick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3O-CeZckE

Open Ending An open narrative structure leaves the storylines matters unresolved at the end, allowing more content to follow (for example in a television series). Example 1 Wanted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edpEspHOeVU,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QADr4hVKs3Y Example 2 Fast 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HInf9QAVtQ0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQOfiLVHFrY

Closed Ending A closed narrative is one in which the key plots are left solved at the end. Example 1 The Expendables: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6RU5y2fU6s,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZ4-qCEeYY Example 2 Inkheart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjAYwLipL_Y