Fade ahead

In literature and film , fade-ahead (also prospective ) describes a non-linear, non-chronological narrative technique. It will also flash-forward , foreshadowing ( Eberhard Lämmert ) or Prolepsis ( Gérard Genette called).

Under flashforward (flash forward) refers to an event ( setting or scene in the film), which interrupts the chronology of the main story by images or action parts are anticipated to follow the main story later.

The fade-ahead can be used for design reasons or it can be motivated in terms of content. An example of a substantive use is the visualization of the precognitive abilities of the protagonist in The Last Flute (1977) by Peter Weir . In contrast, the fade-in in Keoma (1976) by Enzo G. Castellari are more of a visual design element, the use of which is not absolutely necessary in terms of content.

The counterpart to the fade- ahead is the (much more frequently used) flashback .

See also

• Anticipation (literature)
• Epic foreknowledge
• Prolepse (disambiguation)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gérard Genette: The story . 3. Edition. Wilhelm Fink GmbH & Co. Verlags-KG, Paderborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-8252-8083-3 , p. 293 .