Temporal window within the diegesis that reveal a future event to the spectators
Characteristics:
- Provide additional information to the audience
- If used offscreen, the spectators can potentially need the combination of another effect to understand clearly the temporal ellipsis
- Can be done through sound only with the use of proliferation
Related induced effect: Narrative schema; Temporal and spatial order
Related inductor effect: Narrative
Complementary effect: Proliferation
Opposite effect: Flashback
(Branigan, 1992)