in medias res
/ɪn ˌmiːdɪas ˈreɪz
/adverb
1Into the middle of a narrative; without preamble: having begun his story in medias res...
- The film is great at conveying an aura of homoerotic decadence, but it loses quite a bit by beginning the story in medias res.
- We enter the story in medias res, joining on-set a company that has been laboring on that film for a year.
1.1Into the midst of things.
Origin
Latin.