Narrative storytelling

Currently for my English 370 class we are reading one of Shakespeare's dramas called Hamlet. It's a great example of how to tell a narrative that has an introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion. These are qualities of a narrative that my brother and I tried to follow and reading Hamlet gave my brother and I some ideas of how to put this kind of storytelling in action. There are multiple kinds of storytelling, but another type of storytelling that was present in some of my classmates projects was something called a non-linear narrative, which is also another way of storytelling. But with a linear narrative, a lot of planning will be involved, but there should always be some sort of planning even with something like a non-linear narrative. I think some people weren't sure of how to tell a narrative, but either way, I enjoyed the projects from my classmates. Something interesting that I remember from a popular film called The Matrix, directed by the Wachowski brothers, and there is a scene half way in the film where the main character Neo, awakens out the mainframe. That scene was shot last because it required him to have his head shaved, which obviously was planned ahead of time. This kind of planning is important in making a film. The scene needed to be shot at a specific time during the film making process and organized in post production to fit the narratives storyline properly and make sense.