The juxtaposition of still frames edited together to create a moving image that tells a story. There are many counterparts that make up a film. You have the plot, the plot, the characters, the cinematography of the staging and the editing. Based on these counterparts and how they are orchestrated to represent a story, it provides information on how the audience follows the story and whether each counterpart contributes significantly to the plot to make the film a whole. How does editing contribute to a film's narrative? How does the cinematography, the way the camera moves and the mise-en-scène, what's in the frame, contribute to the narrative to create the film as a whole? The narrative of the film brings everything together, sound, actors, camera movements, setting, etc., to give a precise meaning to a story being told. Looking at different aspects of a film can show how they contribute to the film's narrative. For example the cinematography in Citizen Kane, the editing in Inception and the mise-en-scène used in Double Indemnity. In the film Inception the scenes are edited together, cutting to different shots to show the different dream levels and the dangers that hide within them. you go deeper and deeper. It is edited to see what events are happening simultaneously in the other level of the dream above, so that the audience can grasp the essence of the story. If one doesn't know how to analyze the movie when they first watch Inception, they would be left in a state of confusion, but it's pretty brilliant the way the movie works. However, without the editing, the film would not be what it is; “editing is the creative force of film reality,” Pudovkin said. There is a sense of anxiety when Yusuf drives and gets stuck between cars, which then flash...... middle of paper...... This sequence helps to intensify the narrative by simply showing shots of Emily's behavior in the over time and the distance gained between her and Kane during her time at the newspaper. Works Cited Biesen, Sheri C. “Censorship, Film Noir, and Double Indemnity.” Film and History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 1-2 25 (1995): 40-52. Web.Carringer, Robert L. "Cinematography." The making of Citizen Kane. Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1985. 72. Print.Citizen Kane. Director Orson Welles. Perf. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Dorothy Comingore. Released by RKO Radio Pictures, 1941. Film.Double Indemnity. Dir. Billy Wilder. Perf. Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. Paramount, 1944. Film.Inception. Director Cristoforo Nolan. Perf. Leonardo Dicaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy. Warner Bros., 2010. Film.