narrative revision

Narrative

Todorov

Four main stages to a complete narrative.

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Narrative and Story

What is the difference?

Story is the chronological order of events in your film.

Narrative is your choice in the way these are presented.

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Equilibrium

Disruption

Resolution

New Equilibrium

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Can these stages be identified in your film?

Can the standard order be identified?

How does the audience engage with each stage?

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Levi-Strauss

Binary Opposites

Theorised that it is the resolution of the conflict between these that

creates a Narrative.

Batman

Joker

Batman Bane

Two Face / Harvey Dent

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Good Vs

Men Vs

Crime Vs

NarrativeIdentify binary opposites in your

coursework.

How did these affect the audience's engagement with the film?

Did the binary opposites create the narrative or could you evaluate the theory's application to your film?

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Propp

Morphology of the folk tale

Characters and functions

7 characters and 31 functions

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Propp

Morphology of the folk tale

Characters and functions

7 characters and 31 functions

NarrativePropp

HeroVillainHelper

DispatcherPrincess or Prize

DonorFalse Hero

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Not types of person, but patterns of behaviour.

One character can move between the 'spheres'

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Can you identify any of the spheres in your coursework?

Do these assist with your audience's engagement with the film?

NarrativeLevel 4 (21–25 marks)

Candidates demonstrate a clear understanding of narrative and relevant media theory and can relate concepts articulately to

the production outcome, describing specific elements in relation to theoretical ideas about how media texts are constructed as narratives. Candidates offer a range of

specific, relevant, interesting and clear examples of how their product can be understood in relation to relevant theories of

narrative. The use of conceptual language is excellent..

Complex issues have been expressed clearly and fluently using a style of writing appropriate to the complex subject matter.

Sentences and paragraphs, consistently relevant, have been well structured, using appropriate technical terminology.

There may be few, if any, errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar.