- When looking at moving image products, it is therefore possible to look for patterns, codes, conventions that share a common features. In other words, narrative theories look at recognisable and familiar structures, that help us to understand both how narratives are constructed and what they might mean.
- narratives are a combination of many individual elements (sound, image, text etc) which are edited (connected) together.
- Narratives are organised around a particular theme and space and are based in an idea of time. So for example, many narratives (Film, TV, Radio) are usually LINEAR and SEQUENTIAL, in that they start at ’00:00′ and run for a set length. This means that they normally have a beginning, middle and end.
- Binary opposition
- Propps character types
Key words:
- Flashback
- Colour- moving back (parallel narrative)
- Black & white- moving forwards (parallel narrative)
- Enigma code- trying to figure out whats going to happen next
- Light & shade