PLANNING IN FILM CASE CLOSE EXPOSITION

 An exposition is the general background of a film, while planning case closed , this is what me and my team established for the exposition.

Exposition

Writing an Exposition!

Exposition is a literary term that refers to the background information the audience needs to know for your story's world to make sense. It includes anything from character introductions to set details and Dialogue and is most common at the story's beginning. The primary purpose of Exposition is to illuminate the motivations of a film's characters and the crucial details and circumstances that define their dramatic situation. Practical Exposition adds vital, exciting information to the story's world so that the audience can comprehend the central dramatic narrative. Exposition can also be used to foreshadow a critical event or justify a character's skills and decisions.

Five Different Exposition Techniques

  1. Dialogue. A conversation between two or more characters allows for simple and effective Exposition in a single scene.

  2. Narration. Narration, or voiceover, is a way to communicate a character's honest thoughts and desires or give omniscient insight into a situation.

  3. Mise-en-scène.  While seemingly subtle, these details can convey a significant amount of information in a short amount of time.

  4. Text or title cards. Perhaps the most straightforward method, text, or title cards can contain all the relevant information your audience will need to know before the film even begins.

  5. Flashback. There are multiple ways to convey past events in a present narrative. Still, flashbacks are the most visual as they place your character in context (versus having them recount the event, as they might in Dialogue or narration).

Example: Marty McFly is a 17-year-old high school student with Jennifer's girlfriend and has a lousy reputation with teachers. Marty spends a lot of time with "Doc," a mad scientist who has a reputation for being eccentric.

Indicate the exposition techniques you will be using to convey the background story of the world of the film and describe how they will be used.

E.g., Narration: John will do a voiceover of who he is and a description of the world he lives.

Mise en scene

The opening of the film conveys some information, only that a character has died and that the main character William Morgan believes it to be a murder.

Dialogue

William shares the news of Lilith’s death to Adam, and tells him how he thinks it was a murder rather than an accident.

Narration

William Morgan answers the phone to a frantic person explaining the death of his classmate Lilith Wayne (voice over needed for that dialogue). 

Text or Title Cards

The title of the movie “Case Closed” appears at the end of the film opening, creating the idea that this story is a mystery.


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