- LINEAR and SEQUENTIAL
- normally have a beginning, middle and end
- narrative is the overall structure involved in communication, which can be broken down into: ‘story’ and ‘plot’.
- Tztevan Todorov = equilibrium-> disruption -> new equilibrium
- Vladimir Propp –
- 1. Hero
- 2.Helper
- 3.Princess
- 4.Villain
- 5.Victim
- 6.Dispatcher
- 7.Father
- 8.False Hero
- Binary oppositions
- Film Media does NOT have to be in real time (most of the time isn’t)
FILM NOTES
- starts off with a murder, audience curious of what happened
- characters mental illness shows almost through his perspective
- explores
- hero – leonard
- villain – John G
- Victim – Leonards wife
- Helper – Natalie
- new equilibrium (flashback) ->disruption ->new equilibrium
Levi – Strauss
CONCEPT | strongly agree | agree | neutral | agree | strongly agree | OPPOSITE CONCEPT |
| GOOD | BAD | |||||
| EAST | WEST | |||||
| FEMALE | MALE | |||||
| STRAIGHT | GAY | |||||
| WHITE | BLACK | |||||
| URBAN | REGIONAL | |||||
| POOR | RICH | |||||
| EDUCATED | STUPID | |||||
| RELIGIOUS | SECULAR |
- truth vs lies
- long term vs short term
- helper vs enemy
- past vs present
Barthes
- Proairetic code: action, movement, causation
- Hermenuetic code: reflection, dialogue, character or thematic development
- proairetic – killing (shows hate),driving , looking at notes/pictures (trying to remember)
- hermeneutic – talking about past, inner feelings
Seymour Chatman – Kernels and satelites
Kernels – key factors that need to exist in a narrative
satellites – extra factors in a narrative that can be changed/taken out without changing it drastically