In this style of film, believable narratives and characters help convince the audience that the unfolding fiction is real.
[2] A year later in 1896, Alice Guy-Blaché directed the fictional film The Fairy of the Cabbages (La Fée aux Choux).
[5] Unlike literary fiction, which is typically based on characters, situations and events that are entirely imaginary/fictional/hypothetical, cinema always has a real referent, called the "pro-filmic", which encompasses everything existing and done in front of the camera.
Since the emergence of classical Hollywood style in the early 20th century, during which films were selected to be made based on the popularity of the genre, stars, producers, and directors involved, narrative, usually in the form of the feature film, has held dominance in commercial cinema and has become popularly synonymous with "the movies.
"[6] Classical, invisible film making (what is often called realist fiction) is central to this popular definition.