From The Poetics of Artistotle

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From The Poetics of Artistotle

• We represent people as better/worse than they
  really are.
• The reasons for poetry imitation is
  planted from childhood instinct for harmony
  and rhythm
• most important is the structure of incidents.
• A whole that has a beginning, a middle, and an
  end.
• The unity of plot time place acti
  on

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Dramatic Structure Rising Action

Major crisis Climax

Crisis Setback for protagonist
Denouement
Crisis or turning point
Exposition
Complication
Climax
Resolution
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Developing the story
SubjectContent
SUBJECT The media production THEME FORM
Formstructure, representation, depiction
Themeidea, intention