Narratives are about time and space, they are usually linear and sequential.
Narratives are structured around a theme
narrative theory is based around structure can be broken down into a story and a plot.
todorov- tripartite narrative structure(world in equilibrium)
enticing incident – climax – resolution
claude levi strauss – binary oppositions
vladimir propp – stock characters
seymour chatman – satellites and kernals(main part of story)
Narratives are about time and space and they are usually linear and sequential and they normally have a beginning, middle and end. Narratives are normally structured around a theme.
Narrative– It is the overall thing
Story– It is what is in your narrative
Plot– It is how it is structured
It is a tripartite narrative structure= It is a three part structure. Beginning, middle and end.
It presents the idea as;
Inciting incident– It is an episode, plot point or event that hooks the reader into the story. This particular moment is when an event thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story
Climax– Most dramatic and highest point of the music video
Resolution– What happens after the climax, the outcome
It is a Binary opposition structure– using opposites such as good and bad
It is the theory of character types and functions. It is stock characters such as
It is the theory of;
Satellites= embellishments, developments and aesthetics
Kernels= key moments in the plot/ narrative structure
This theory allows students to break down a narrative into 2 distinct elements. Those elements which are absolutely essential to the story / plot / narrative development, which are known as KERNELS and those moments that could be removed and the overall logic would not be disturbed, known as SATELLITES.
“The Language”
Narrative: a story
There is a difference between narrative,story and plot.
Plot: The MC is feeling alone as he is separated from his friends and they are feeling the same and as they think, time passes by
-time
-space
-linear
-sequential
-structures around a theme
Tztevan Todorov: 3-part structure theory
-beginning, middle, end
A story has Three parts to it the equilibrium where everything is balanced and good nothing, in particular, affects the story yet which then shifts into disequilibrium/Disruption as their is conflict,change, issue that is introduced and finally finishes into resolution/new equilibrium where the story gets balanced again after the issue or change is fixed or accepted.
equilibrium:The characters are in a neutral state-just sat by themselves feeling/taking in their environment not completely focusing on the music
disequilibrium: The characters starts to recall their friends and how they feel lonely- could show shots of them when they were together, empty shots, multiple versions of one character in one scene moving around:time passing
new equilibrium: they return to the neutral thinking about how they might meet them again or they end up meeting at the end
Claude Levi-Strauss(binary oppositions)
we do not know what truth or meaning is but we know what it isn’t
eg: Black-White Good-Bad Rich-Poor
Vladimir Propp (character Types and Function)
Character types: a character type is a certain trait or role a character will have to progress the story = examples are the Hero(protagonist), Villain (antagonist), princess(the character who gets rescued in one way or form) etc.
-hero
helper
princess
villian
victim
dispatcher
father
false hero
Seymour chatman: Satellites and kernels
kernels main elements of the stories that if changed,affected the story greatly
Eg: The film is a sci-fi planet but then goes normal
satellites are changeable elements of the stories that wont affect the story to much
Eg. he has a blue hat in part 1 but in part 2 changes to a black hat
Just thought this was funny and relevant to media so I wanted to share it here
Tztevan Todorov 3 part structure:
Exposition/ Climax/ Denouement
Vladimir propp– set characters
Stories have a beginning middle and end
Video has to have storyline and beginning and the middle and the end
TZTEVAN TODOROV – 3 part structure – Tripartite narrative structure
Not boring
Starting incident climax resoloution new equlilbrium
FREYTAGS PYRAMID
Exposition climax and denoument
Claude Levi-Strauss (Binary Oppositions)
This theory suggests that NARRATIVES (=myths) are STRUCTURED around BINARY OPPOSITIONS eg: good v evil c
creates narrative as a structure of key (oppositional) themes that underpin action and dialogue to develop a set of messages that the audience are able to decode and understand.
Vladimir Propp (Character Types and Function)
suggests that stories use STOCK CHARACTERS to structure stories.
Spheres of Action
Turner ‘these are not separate characters, since one character can occupy a number of roles or ‘spheres of action’ as Propp calls them and one role may be played by a number of different characters’
Tztevan Todorov (Tripartite narrative structure):
BEGINNING / MIDDLE / END
This structural approach could also be referenced to Freytag’s Pyramid exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and denouement as illustrated below.
Roland Barthes: Proairetic and Hermenuetic Codes;
moving image products are either based around ‘doing’ / ‘action’ or ‘talking’ / ‘reflection’.
FLASH BACK – common tool used in moving images. About time jumping ahead and back
enigma code – puzzle something to resolve
light , shade in terms of creativity
exposition / climax / denouncement
different types of stock characters