Reverse chronology
Narrative structure in reverse order to the plot / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Reverse chronology is a narrative structure and method of storytelling whereby the plot is revealed in reverse order.
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In a story employing this technique, the first scene shown is actually the conclusion to the plot. Once that scene ends, the penultimate scene is shown, and so on, so that the final scene the viewer sees is the first chronologically.
Many stories employ flashback, showing prior events, but whereas the scene order of most conventional films is A-B-C-etc., a film in reverse chronology goes Z-Y-X-etc.