Theories of Narrative

Story - All the events of the film/program you see that happen or are implied via the characters or environment. (This is only diegetic material within the story)

Plot - Everything presented on the screen, this can include diegetic material and non-diegetic. This is stuff such as title sequence, credits and  anything else near enough that the characters wouldn't be able to see/hear.

Time 

Screen - Shortest (2 hours)

Story - Longest (25 years)

Plot - Medium (18 years)

Narration 

Range:

1) Unrestricted - When in tense situations, it cuts to the character and others around him

2) Restricted - Only the point of view of the character

Depth

1) Objective - Watching things

2) Subjective - Getting in peoples heads

Claude Levi Strauss - Binary Oppositions

Good - Evil

Light - Dark

Up - Down
Nature - Industry
East - West
Yorkshire - Bloody Southerners
Clean - Dirty

Syd Field's Three Act Plot

Act(1) : Setup
Act(2): Confrontation
Act(3): Resolution

(Vladimir Propp)