Linear, start at the beginning and follow a linear pattern, from the start to the end
Sequential
Stories have a beginning, middle and end but doesn’t need to be linear, the end can be at the start
plot, how it’s organised and what’s put together to make a whole piece/story
Music video to start in black and white and finish in colour
Equilibrium, disruption, new equilibrium – Todorov
Propp – videos/stories can be broken down into characters: Hero, helper, princess, villain, victim, dispatcher, father, false hero. Spheres of action
Claude Levi-Strauss – Binary oppositions, need diversity and opposites
Seymour Chapman – video can be broken down into two different things, main/big thing (kernels), won’t really work if one is taken away. Satellites are the less important thing so it won’t matter if they are taken out
Disruption in video – main character gets shown that being isolated isn’t a bad thing and you can experience good things while being alone. Images of loneliness/sadness before this disruption
Exposition, Climax, Denouement, there’s a resolution at the end
Day to day life often works in binary opposition and not just in stories due to opposites within society
31 functions that play a role in organising character and story into a plot can be narrowed down into: (Spheres of Action) Preparation, complication, transference, struggle, return, recognition
Narratives often structured around binary opposition
Enigma code (something to resolve, puzzle)
Light and shade is important in terms of creativity and important for narrative
