Narrative structure.- posted by Lauren.

A Narrative structure is a literary element described as the structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer. The narrative text structures are the plot and the setting. Most movies and plays are written in the form of a narrative structure. Narrators tend to appear throughout media and society. Even the newspapers need a narrative structure.
In films narrative is most common in fiction films, but however they can appear in all sorts of films.
A narrative tells an ordered scene of events connected by the logic of cause and effect.

Exposition: Meeting the characters, establishing the setting, setting the tone.

Rising action: The central conflict is introduced and the tension between the protagonist and the antagonist begins to mount.

Climax: The climax is the turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse in the protagonists future.

Failing action: The major action has happened, so its the aftermath.

Resolution: The conflict is resolved.