This document provides a test on narrative theory concepts. It asks questions about the definition of narrative, Bordwell and Thompson's approach, the difference between the story and plot, types of narrative structures like linear and non-linear, and concepts like ellipsis and action cues that Roland Barthes introduced to analyze how films generate audience interest.

1. Narrative theory - Test your knowledge
1. What is narrative?
2. What is Bordwell and Thompson’s approach to
narrative?
3. The ______ is the explicit presentation of narrative
events along with additional non-diegetic material.
4. The ______ is all the events in a narrative, both the
ones explicitly presented and those the viewer
infers.

2. Narrative theory - Test your knowledge
1. Narratives that are left
unresolved or ambiguous can
be described as having an…
2. What term describes the
compression of time in the
edit?
3. How can the structure of the
narrative be described when
events shown are not in
chronological order of time?
restricted
unrestricted
linear
non linear
open narrative
ellipsis

3. Narrative theory - Test your knowledge
1. Roland B______’ ideas are useful in considering to
what extent your teaser trailer uses m_____ and
m_____ e_______ c_____ to generate and maintain
audience interest in the film.
2. He also introduced the idea of images or sequences
which work as a form of a visual shorthand making
complex Ideas immediately apparent and carrying the
story forward. These are called a________ c______.