What is a Frame Narrative? - Why Writers Use the Literary Device

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I have written a psychological thriller that is a bookends frame narrative. This video is awesome! Studiobinder, you rock!! Keep up the great work making great informative videos on filmmaking!! 😊

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[@hornet718]

Another well done lesson. I didn't know exactly what a frame narrative was but I am aware of the concept of the story within a story. For my novel, I had to use the "Interview with the Vampire" style to show the reader and the character doing the interview, the life of the protagonist. So here I used the framed narrative and to show when and where the story was taking place and returning to the "present", I used date and time markers. In film, the transitions have to be very direct and clear. And the narrator has to indicate when the nested story, or that segment, is complete. Thank you again StudioBinder for a great lesson!

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Fascinating video! I never knew that framed narratives were so widely used in literature and storytelling. The examples you provided really helped to illustrate how this literary device can add depth and complexity to a story. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for more framed narratives in the books and movies I consume. Thanks for the informative and engaging explanation!

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One of the most genius framing devices/designing principles was in Disney’s Hercules. It took me ages to figure out that Hercules was literally a greek tragedy, the muses performing the choral pauses in the story. Genius.

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That intro is dope.... because it all began on a darrrk night.... Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to a story within a story.

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I wrote a Framed Narrative without knowing there was a name for it, for my short-film The Black Cat. With this vid I now understand it better. Thanks StudioBinder. Cheers 😁

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Boomer here. Appreciated the obligatory inclusion of "Citizen Kane." Nearly 17 delightful, educational minutes went by and no mention of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," which I saw in the middle grades. The first film I can recall that bookended the storyline, which set up the question, "is it preferable to print the facts or the legend?" Should I give an honorable mention to George Pal's "The Time Machine?" BTW, loved this video. Be well.

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I have been trying to figure out what this device is called literally for years. Thank you, StudioBinder. Lol

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[@jojoviviator9258]

Great video. 1 concept which I think is missed here, is that nested stories can also help suspension of disbelief. When the transition happens from the nested narrative to the characters experiencing the story in the main narrative, it's like snapping back to reality. Except, it's not reality, it's still the main narrative. But it FEELS more real, since it's more real than then nested narrative that you just experienced along with the characters.

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Thank you. I’ve been looking for a video about this (I’ve been looking under “open loops” to no end) for years. My favorite one is used in the HBO series Watchmen: Episode 3. Lori Blake (aka Silk Specter) is introduced, and during the episode she is telling us a joke, which is narration during transition scenes.

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Great video! Interview with the Vampire is another great example

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nices video, I think all this has a great influence from the book Arabian Nights which uses this narration system.

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[@DUST35]

10:35 How would you go between a frame narrative and the story being told in a novel? Maybe the story being told could be more of a diary, with the date written out? Any other ideas? I would like to write in past tense 1st person in both cases...

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08:45 storyline reminds me of the movie Shutter Island with Leonardo DiCaprio.

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As always, awesome video, very informative and incite full But I can honestly say I have never heard the same person say the word 'story' so many times in such little time

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Book of the new sun! Perfect literary example

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Could you include the movie references in the description

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stunning video about frame narratives... although it is missing the mother of all ' 1001 nights ' the movie from Pasolini should have been included. in the chinese school of painting it is impossible to represent reality, thus the chinese painter selects bits and pieces of the reality to evoke the larger reality. in the same manner it is impossible to relay all events, feelings and emotions of an experience, so, cuting out bits and pieces to tell is the only possible way to transmit beyond own perception to others what the memory is capable of recollecting from the life experience - or the intuition of the reality. even if, alas, academics read the information only.

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Not necessarily a movie but does the pirate comic story from Watchmen count?

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The princess bride

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You missed the whodoneit angle, where holes in events are explained, usually by a detective, while being replayed, like in some episodes in later seasons of Midsomer Murders or the film Clue. Perhaps, this does not qualify though.🤔

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Please talk about Unreliable narrator and producer notes...

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Idk, this was a little hard to follow for me. It was like a narrative, within a narrative, calling back a narrative schema. I'm visual, so I'd need pictures and charts more for this. Those brackets with colored lines didn't help me because it referenced auditory information, so having a visual aid referencing something that I can't understand still isn't effective... even with one of my degrees (BA) in Engrish Writing (sic). This was mostly satire, but at the same time, with all this help free online, I still don't see how Lesyle Headland didn't get any better from _Russian Doll_ to _The Acolyte_ where she was the writer claiming credit when her 2 lady coven did all the work. There is an actual line of dialogue in _Russian Doll_ that says, "The power of two..." I laughed and laughed. This part is not satire: Have you considered showing how to do things in cinema, by using examples how not to do it? I've noticed as I got gud at something, the process involved running out of mistakes to make... so presenting what works does a half arsed job, imo.

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Would the book House of Leaves be considered a sandwich narrative?

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Hmm, we haven't read that one but from the description it sounds like there are many layers to it. Anyone else read it and can answer this?

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part 2 ?

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Stop confusing the jargon "frame narrative nonsense". - The old terms are simply, multi-plot, episodic, self-reflective genre or simply a secondary plot that serves as a thematic device rather than the primary plot. Those opening are called bookend, flashback or Narrative openings (bookends and flashbacks should always be avoided). The name "Frame Narrative" more accurately describes mise-en-scene, subtext via production design and semiotics. Not a multi-plot or thematic episodic structure that you are suggesting.

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First

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Imagine saying "First" instead of "4 views in 1 minute, you fell off"

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Why?

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Not even a big deal. 😂

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Then you see civilian crtics like cinema sins and his critic's...who always complain about narration as if it's not just a thing we like

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It's true that narration is often looked down upon as a device because you're usually "telling" and not "showing." But, like any writing "rules," it's all about how you use the device. And, you're right, while narration might be a dirty word among writers, audiences like yourself actually appreciate it!

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