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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF RESERVOIR DOGS Analyse the narrative structure of one film text, giving particular attention to suspense and resolution. Narrative is the device by which a story is told. Although there are many possible narrative forms, the majority of media texts we view rely on what is known as the `classical` Hollywood narrative. That is, they attempt to tell a story that the audience expects to make sense of like a book; as if …

…ructured his movie in a `classical` way, we would have quite a different movie; highlighting the importance that the narrative structure has on the effectiveness of the film. BIBLIOGRAPHY Bernard, Jami (1995)Tarrentino: The Man and his Movies HarperCollins:London Branston, Gill & Stafford, Roy (1996) The Media Students Book Routledge:London Bordwell, David & Thompson, Krisitn (1993) Film Art McGraw-Hill:London Giannetti, Louis (1996) Understanding Movies Prentice-Hall:London OTHER SOURCES: Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarrentino (1992) The Making of Reservoir Dogs Channel 4 (1997)