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While this may seem simple, Forster explains that a story ‘can only have one merit: that of making the audience want to know what comes next.’ \n\nThe story is like the skeleton of a film. It is the basic series of events as seen in the example above with the full story being the King’s death and then the Queen’s. **The story is the basic sequence of events, it does not, however, have the detail or emotional dimension that comes from the plot.**  \n\nWhen identifying the story of a film, try breaking it down into the most essential elements by answering the questions who, what, and where. In the example of the story above, the ‘who’ would be the King and the Queen, and the ‘what’ would be their deaths. \n\nMaybe not all of these questions will be answered, but they will help you be able to identify the story as the most fundamental events of the film. 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