Quotes about Film Narrative

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions. Votes: 2

Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking. Votes: 2

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. Votes: 2

I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films. Votes: 2

The expected vertical line of Ikiru's narrative breaks when Kurosawa does a flash-forward in the middle of the film. Votes: 2

I went to University College London and read English literature, then realised if you were interested in story and narrative, film was the way to go. Votes: 2

I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to think about narrative was through film. Votes: 2

I stopped making videos and commercials for a few months before I started films just to reset my clock because so much narrative filmmaking is a sense of tempo and rhythm. Votes: 2

Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great passion. That is because human beings need stories. Votes: 2

I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verite is film in its purest form. Votes: 2

And I sense it was a rather constructed, almost half narrative fiction film in some ways. A lot of it was staged and manipulated to get those things in there that I knew to be strong. Votes: 2

The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is in crisis in many ways, unless it's an adventure film. Votes: 2

I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film. Votes: 2

I did documentary film for a long time, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera, fervently wishing that the reality I was filming would conform to my narrative propriety. But you can't control it. Votes: 2

It is quite surreal having a film made about your life. The whole process of turning real life into drama is interesting in itself, but even more so when it is your own life being put into the narrative forge. Votes: 2

When you're doing a film, narrative is your most important tool, but it's a tool to create a cinematographic experience, to create those moments that are beyond narrative, that are almost an abstraction of that moment that hits your psyche. Votes: 2

The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative. Votes: 2

I do think the challenge, in a way for me, is to write a narrative film and when you finish watching it you feel like it's a collage. You tell the narrative, you tell the story, but you feel like you've created this tapestry. But it also has a shape, a story. Votes: 2

In narrative cinema, a certain terminology has already been established: 'film noir,' 'Western,' even 'Spaghetti Western.' When we say 'film noir' we know what we are talking about. But in non-narrative cinema, we are a little bit lost. So sometimes, the only way to make us understand what we are talking about is to use the term 'avant-garde.' Votes: 2

I went back to Dallas for a little while to finish my short film 'Rusty Forkblade.' It was not the instant success I thought it was going to be. There's a false narrative that if you make a short film right after senior year, you'll be plucked out to make a feature length film, and the rest is history. I didn't do that. Votes: 2

Music and film are parallel experiences: they are linear, they are narrative. Votes: 0

When you're going with a huge dramatic disaster film, try to keep the narrative as simple as possible. Votes: 0

I'm a project-based photographer; I think in narrative terms, the way a writer thinks of a book, or a filmmaker a film. Votes: 0

Music is such an integral part of a film and really drives the emotional narrative, it has to be integrated from the beginning. Votes: 0

I believe when you're writing film or television, you can't rely on a crutch or rule that exists outside of the narrative of the film. Votes: 0

In documentary you sometimes see the tyranny of the linear, but what I've noticed in the last ten years in narrative film is the tyranny of the non-linear. Votes: 0

By the way, today with digital cameras and editing on your laptop, and things like that, you can make a feature film, a narrative feature film easily for $10,000. Votes: 0