According to Prince, narratives is a universal human activity that is employed and used for socialization

According to Prince, narratives is a universal human activity that is employed and used for socialization, interaction and entertainment, one of the popular medium of the narrative is the cinema and it is central to the documentary filmmaking tradition. Narratives became the predominant film after displaying the nonfiction film that had been developed with Nickelodeons being at the theatre storefronts. They are both the fictional and non-fictional films that audience evaluate different, with fictional films they tend suspended their disbelief so that they can enjoy the film, the y look the films as real while recognizing that it’s only a story; this is the fictive stance.

They are narrative characteristics that are important in every film among them plot and story; plot is the events sequencing while the story is the comprehensive set of all events and there is a little structural distinction between them in a film. Such characteristics are usually meant to encourage the contribution of the viewers. While most films are known to uses a linear and chronological function they are few that employs flashback; this was very common in the 1940’s films. Currently, they are various movies that use the flashback sequence; arrow that began depiction in 2012 is one of them as shown in the video of its trailer https://youtu.be/XQS7JkQmlx8 (TVweb).

While it is easier to identify the book authors the authorship of films is difficult since they are in all cases made by a group of people. The narrative in the films in most cases uses the third person narration which is different from the novels that used either the first or third person. They are various genres too that are popular with the American film they include western, gangster, horror, musical, science-fiction, war film and the film noir, with repetition of the stories being done over again as aligned with the conventions and genres of a particular genre (Prince).

Works Cited

Prince, Stephen. Movies And Meaning. 6th ed., Prentice Hall, 2020, pp. 213-269.

TVweb. Arrow – Season 1 Trailer 3 [HD. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQS7JkQmlx8. Accessed 23 Mar 2020.