"Kloves and Cuarón are simply more skilled at cinematic storytelling than Rowling is at literary narration. The result is a version of the climax with many fewer story details, but a plot that unfolds with much more dramatic weight. "
Am I mistaken or were plot and story accidentally swapped here?
In the film/narrative theory sense, I’m using them correctly. Story refers to all the things that happen in the chronology of the narrative, and Plot refers to the way/order they are presented to us. So in this case, the film has less of the “story” explicitly told to us (fewer details of the world and backstory), but the “plot” (the narrative as we experience it in the film) is in my argument more streamlined and impactful.
Great read!
One very minor caveat/question:
"Kloves and Cuarón are simply more skilled at cinematic storytelling than Rowling is at literary narration. The result is a version of the climax with many fewer story details, but a plot that unfolds with much more dramatic weight. "
Am I mistaken or were plot and story accidentally swapped here?
In the film/narrative theory sense, I’m using them correctly. Story refers to all the things that happen in the chronology of the narrative, and Plot refers to the way/order they are presented to us. So in this case, the film has less of the “story” explicitly told to us (fewer details of the world and backstory), but the “plot” (the narrative as we experience it in the film) is in my argument more streamlined and impactful.