In this lesson we talked about narrative structure, there are important these points a successful narrative requires the skilful use of gas to present a series of events that engage the audience all narratives that send up characters require the actors to be appealing stipulate that the director creates the appeal extracting the potential performance of the actors to convey the story. A three-part story of events i.e. every poem or play, must have a beginning middle and an end.
Animated film scripts have much in common with live action films and use many of the same methods used in live action script development. The steps that support the development of a narrative are understanding your theme, building a challenge to find a resolution characterisation, creating a structure to tie the action will events together considering sub-plots and sub-actions and several aspects of the scene that need to be interpreted.
Film: Your Name
Storyline Breakdown:
- introduction: the two main characters live in different cities and do not know each other.
- Sudden event: the two begin to exchange bodies with each other in their dreams, but only remember vague details.
- Objective: The protagonists begin to search for each other’s identity and explore the cause of this strange phenomenon.
- Frustration: Despite brief exchanges, the two never meet in the same time and space.
- Turning point: Through a series of clues, they learn that there is a time and space gap between them.
- Climax: The protagonists decide to co-operate and find each other by breaking down the barriers of time and space through various means.
- Resolution of the conflict: During a mysterious natural disaster, the destinies of the two intertwine, revealing hidden truths.
- Ending: The protagonists finally meet in reality and understand their feelings for each other, leading to a happy ending.
Character Breakdown:
- Hollow Takagi (Taki Tachibana): a city boy who searches for the true identity of the girl of his dreams.
- Mitsuha Miyamizu: a country girl who swaps bodies with Hollow.
Main Character Timeline
- Hollow Takagi
- High School Life
- Body-swapping in a dream
- Mitsuha Miyamizu
- Rural life
- Swapping Bodies in Dreams
- Merging timelines
- The two main characters begin to influence each other’s lives and find each other.
This makes up the storyline breakdown, character breakdown, and protagonist timeline of the Your Name film.