Narrative Flows in Digital Movies: The Effect of Digital Technologies on Non-Linear Storytelling

Abstract

This study examines the effects of digital technologies on non-linear narrative structures in cinema. With the rise of digital cinema, the flexibility provided in areas such as editing, camera use, visual effects and sound design in filmmaking processes has transformed traditional narrative patterns. Non-linear narrative is characterized by flashbacks, parallel plots and structures where events are not presented in chronological order, and where time is broken. Digital technologies play a decisive role in the creation of such narratives; they support the development of new narrative forms that question the perception of time and space and direct the audience through memory, perception and emotions. The study aims to present a theoretical framework through post-2000 digital film examples and academic sources with a descriptive literature review method.