Narrative Structure (Fight Club)
Think of a film that you have watched and answer the following questions in relation to it: Fight Club q Which story events are directly presented to us in the plot, and which must we assume or infer? Is there any non-diegetic material given in the plot? The Narrator tells us directly about Tyler’s plan to blow up all the major credit card company buildings, setting everything back to zero. The rest of the plot is directly told to us through narration but there are things to infer too. An example would be hints dropped before the big plot twist which, even though it is directly told to us at the end, can still be inferred before then. q What is the earliest story event of which we learn? How does it relate to later events through a series of causes and effects? The earliest story event of the film is the ending, being Tyler’s plan coming together. The rest of the film is told through one long flashback. This long flashback eventually leads up to the opening...
