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Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
documentary

Nichols (1991) has shown how all the normative conventions of film narration are largely irrelevant in documentary film. In documentary you can easily join any image with any other image, continuity of action or narrative is not a formal requirement, the didactic nature of the work largely carrying what might otherwise be thought as narrative leaps.

Similar processes are apparent in much hypertext work, particularly nonfiction, where one does not need to be as careful in maintaining narrative continuity as may be the case in fiction. Though this is not clear and needs further consideration.

Adrian Miles: Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
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