Melodramatic Structures

The idea of alignment patterns is based on Smith’s structures of alignment. Smith differentiates detective narration and melodramatic narration as typical alignment structure. In detective narration, knowledge is restricted to a protagonist, while in melodramatic narration the viewer knows more than any single character. (Smith, 1995, pp. 152–153.)

<references> <ref name="Lankoski2010">Lankoski, P. (2010). Character-Driven Game Design - A Design Approach and Its Foundations in Character Engagement. PhD thesis at Aalto University. Publication Series of the School of Art and Design A 101.</ref> <ref name="smith">Smith, M. (1995). Engaging Characters: Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema. New York: Oxford University Press.</ref> </references>