Scene

The Britannica Dictionary defines a "scene" as "a part of a play, movie, story, etc., in which a particular action or activity occurs". It is an essential element of every work of fiction that possesses a plot and moving action.

To be functional, a scene needs to achieve atleast one of three things:
1. Push the story forward (for example: the death of king Duncan in William Shakespeare's Macbeth and the lasting consequences of that act).
2. Introduce/change a character in a given story (like the "Cantina scene" in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, directed by George Lucas, introducing us to the characters of Han Solo and Chewbacca).
3. Introduce/tell something about the setting of the story to the audience (Most often narration, like in the Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring movie adaptation, directed by Peter Jackson... The world is changed).

Scenes can aditionally fulfill different purposes, like hooking the audience into the plot, setting up or paying off important parts of the story, simply causing strong emotions, and many more.

Side note: "Scene" can mean many other things, from beautiful views to places in which something special happened or... temper tantrums. Please, do not write that in the final quiz.

Sources:
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, P. Jackson, New Line Cinema, London 2001.
"Scene" from Britannica Dictionary, © 2024 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.  https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/scene
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, G. Lucas, Twentieth Century Fox, USA 1977.
W. Shakespeare, Macbeth,  Nassau Steam Press, Great Britain 1889.

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