How to Use (and Not Use) a Framing Device in Your Screenplay An elderly narrator sits down in a chair. They talk directly to camera. They are the storyteller. We are their audience. This is a framing device. Of course, this is probably the most obvious and simple use of a framing device. None the less, it is quite prolific. There are different variations of the framing device within film and television. But most of them don’t stray far from
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