I am also referring non-linear to a type of narrative within a film. Non-linear is a narrative, disjointed narrative or disrupted narrative which is a narrative technique, sometimes used in literature, film and other narratives. In this type of narrative events are portrayed out of chronological order in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct causality pattern of the events featured, such as parallel distinctive plot lines, dream immersions or narrating another story inside the main plot-line. It is often used to mimic the structure and recall of human memory, but has been applied for other reasons as well.
A good example of when non-linear structure could be used is a crime plot, a writer may place a stories ending at the beginning. You might wonder why put the ending at the beginning. When you use the ending at the beginning, you are not showing the the full ending... just a short moment of it. This creates mass effect for the audience because you begin to wonder what caused the moment to happen at the end throughout the film. Also, it can push a viewers interpretation to what the writer wants them to feel right at the beginning, so when watching the film the viewer realizes why certain things happen.
Below is an example of a non-linear structure in film.
This film is a giant experiment for editing. The color sequences are alternated with black-and-white sequences. The latter are put together in chronological order. The color ones, though shown forward (except for the very first one, which is shown in reverse) are ordered in reverse. Chronologically, the black-and-white sequences come first, the color sequences come next. This non-linear structure because the order of scenes are not in a straight line.
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