Engaging the Viewer

Before a script has been produced for a film, there will  have been multiple brainstorms and ideas thrown about to decide what was going to be done. There would have been a story that was developed along with the script, and then the director will have decided how the story will be told. For example some directors may decide a linear path is the best to go, with possible narration, or perhaps the opposite to leave viewers in suspense. All of these ways engage the viewer, many directors such as Christopher Nolan choose to leave viewers in the dark and have no specific pattern in which they tell the story.

Example could be Memento 

This is perfect as it showcases just one of the different ways in which a story can be told to engage its viewers, this by just the sequence in which the scenes are shown to you captures that perfectly.