Chapter 11
Scenes of Style
In this chapter, I take a look at scenes of a more specialised nature or style. This chapter is divided as follows:
- 11.1 Flashbacks
- 11.2 Flashbacks—Examples
- 11.3 Dreams and Nightmares
- 11.4 Dreams and Nightmares—Examples
- 11.5 Action Sequences
- 11.6 Action Sequences—Examples
- 11.7 Montage with and without Music
- 11.8 Montage—Examples
- 11.9 Reconstructions
- 11.10 Some Exercises for You to Try
11.1 Flashbacks
A flashback is a reversal of time within a story or, more accurately, a window through which the viewer can see what has happened at a time before the story’s present. A flashback creates its new time frame only through its content and in comparison with what’s happened in the story so far. For example, if after seeing ...
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