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Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 453908 Last modified 25.06.2023
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Domain screenwriting
dramaatiline küsimus
dramatic question
  • will the victim of a dramatic irony find out what he is unaware of, and how? The question is lodged into the spectator's mind a the moment when a dramatic irony is installed. (Lavandier, 2005)
dramaatiline küsimus
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  • (läbi dramaatilise iroonia)
dramatic question
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  • (through dramatic irony)

Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 454135 Last modified 25.06.2023
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  • a question which a rises in the audience's mind at the inciting incident: what will be the outcome of the action? This question may undergo changes as the script progresses, usually rising to higher levels of significance. (Burgoyne & Downey, 2012)
  • centres on the protagonist's central conflict and asks: will the protagonist achieve their objective? (Griffiths, 2015)
  • the question that arises in the audience’s mind as they are introduced to a protagonist within a set of given circumstances that propel the character into some kind of action (e.g. “Will he/she find someone to love?”, “Will he/she survive the plane crash?” “Will he/she escape from the concentration camp?”) (Austin Community College, 2014)
  • the dramatic question - will the protagonist achieve his objective? - is lodged in the spectator's mind at the end of the first act. It gives rise to suspense (in the broad sense of the term). (Lavandier, 2005)

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