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FILM AS A GRAPHICO-NARRATIVE STRUCTURE How is film different from other art media? → Every art form has its basic element. For literature, it is the word. For painting, it is paper. While sculptures and architecture are both material arts, the biggest difference between sculpture and architecture is that, unlike the latter, sculptures don’t necessarily require an interior. Theatre is basically about the performance. All these elements are present in the film. However, moving space is the basic element of the film. Space is the predominating feature in a film e.g. the EST shots. Temporality is like music duration that theatre hasn’t. That’s why the film has a leitmotif e.g. the camera in ‘Rear Window’.  The film is a unique art form in the sense that, visual against a specific time is the only prerequisite in film.  Theatre needs casts though it’s not essential for film. A true film should be the one that is difficult to transform in any other media. Although literature and the...