Nonlinear Storytelling

Nonlinear Storytelling

1. Why do I want to learn this topic?

   • Began with a movie experience: Memento (00:15 to 00:27)
   • Complicated narrative structures make challenge me which excites me a lot (00:27 to 00:37)
   • For me, a nonlinear narrative is much closer to how life really is than a linear narrative
   • Past, Present and Future all happen simultaneously, affecting each other in one way or another (00:38 to 00:49)
   • Final Goal after learning the topic (00:50 to 01:25)
     • Write a high fantasy novel
     • Attend workshops and start writing within the next three years

2. Linear Narrative

   • Follows one single line (01:40 to 01:45)
     • 1. Exposition and Development, Equilibrium (02:10 to 02:25)
     • 2. The complication in the story, Disequilibrium (02:25 to 02:40)
     • 3. Climax (02:41 to 02:50)
     • 4. The resolution, finally Equilibrium once again (02:55 to 03:05)

3. Nonlinear Narrative

   • The narrative line is broken into various pieces and arranged in a new order (01:45 to 01:50)
     • Mixes up the plot, keeping the audiences guessing (03:10 to 04:00)
       • Learning from Memento as directed by Christopher Nolan
     • The order can be made to be easily understandable or difficult (04:05 to 4:45)