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  2. Frame story - Wikipedia

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    A frame story (also known as a frame tale, frame narrative, sandwich narrative, or intercalation) is a literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, where an introductory or main narrative sets the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories. The frame story leads readers ...

  3. Narrative art - Wikipedia

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    Narrative art is art that tells a story, either as a moment in an ongoing story or as a sequence of events unfolding over time. This in retrospect makes a good portion of art narrative art. Landscapes and portraits however do not meet the criteria of the definition provided, though they might be, depending on the artist's intention.

  4. Story within a story - Wikipedia

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    In the movie, a grandfather is reading the story of "The Princess Bride" to his grandson. In the book, a more detailed frame story has a father editing a much longer (but fictive) work for his son, creating his own "Good Parts Version" (as the book called it) by leaving out all the parts that would bore or displease a young boy.

  5. Category:Frame stories - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to frame stories, a literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, where an introductory or main narrative sets the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories. The frame story leads readers from a first story into one or more other stories within it.

  6. Glossary of comics terminology - Wikipedia

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    A panel (alternatively known as frame or box) [6] is one drawing on a page, [7] and contains a segment of action. A page may have one or many panels, and panels are frequently, but not always, [6] surrounded by a border or outline, [8] whose shape can be altered to indicate emotion, tension or flashback sequences. [9]

  7. Three-act structure - Wikipedia

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    A visual representation of the three-act structure as described by Syd Field in his book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. The three-act structure is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts (), often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution.

  8. The Actors Roundtable: The fear factor behind great art - AOL

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    Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Colman Domingo, Peter Sarsgaard, Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong dive into their films, truth-telling and acting alongside your director.

  9. Short story - Wikipedia

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    The Frame story, also known as the frame narrative or story within a story, is a narrative technique that probably originated in ancient Indian works such as Panchatantra. [15] [16] The evolution of printing technologies and periodical editions were among the factors contributing to the increasing importance of short story publications.