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omniscient narrator

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Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 454125 Last modified 13.09.2019
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Domain narratology
  • The vast majority of popular stories in movies, novels, and plays don't use a recognizable storyteller. They are linear stories told by an omniscient storyteller. Someone is telling the story, but the audience doesn't know who and doesn't care. These stories are almost always fast, with a strong, single desire line and a big plot. (Truby, 2007, p. 354)
  • storytelling that is told from an all-knowing, all-seeing point of view. (Austin Community College, 2014)

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