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obligatory scene

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Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 453835 Last modified 13.09.2019
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  • the scene which a [story] must have. It is expected [by the viewer]. It is the scene for which everyone is waiting, the scene which has been promised throughout and which cannot be eliminated. In other words, the [story] builds to an inevitable scene which will tower over all the others. (Egri, 1960, p. 232)

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