The Emergence Machine

Narration

process · Cinema · Level 13 · E9

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Emergence definition

The process of spoken commentary delivered by a character or unseen narrator providing context, backstory, or internal thoughts, which is a crucial aspect of storytelling.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “narration” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
narration
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L8L2L1L0NarrationCinemaCharacterFilmImagePersonalityCinematographySkillThought… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureMotionActionChangeCollectionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesVoiceoverL14NarrationL13MotionL1ThoughtL8CharacterL11CinemaL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    narration requires understanding motion as a foundational concept
  • Thought L8 (requires)
    Spoken commentary delivered by a character or unseen narrator providing context, backstory, or internal thoughts.
  • Character L11 (requires) Literature sense
    Spoken commentary delivered by a character or unseen narrator providing context, backstory, or internal thoughts.
  • Cinema L12 (requires)
    This is a cinema-related concept; understanding cinema comes first

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