Assignment 14: Narrative Structure Analysis Crime Thriller

Patrycia ButrymEsere Simei-Akajagbo

Shivonne WeekesCourtney Buabeng

Transport 2

Transporter 2 begins with a specialist who becomes a temporary chauffeur for a wealthy family. The family have a son who is later on drugged by impostors at a medical centre. The “chauffeur” then uses his insight skills to save the boy who was injected with a deadly virus that will in due course kill anyone who the boy

breathes on.

Has the institution created a text with a conventional (stereotypical) narrative

structure?

• Yes there is a clear conventional linear narrative structure which are:

• Beginning – equilibrium = living a normal life.• Middle – disequilibrium = the little boy gets

kidnapped.• End - new equilibrium = the man rescues the

little boy.

Explain how the film is narrative implicit or explicit

Scenes Explanation of Implicit or Explicit?

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Scene 4

This scene is explicit because as soon as the female approaches, straight away we know she is trouble as her body language shows and also the mans reaction because if she was telling the truth he would get out the car and help her. Her clothes also show she tries to look innocent.

This scene is implicit because the audience did not expect the main character to get along with children however at the same time he seems very serious. In this scene it is also not clear if he

is his son or not.

This scene is explicit because it is shown very clear for the audience that this character is a villain by her face expression and that she is planning something evil so that the audience can get ready to for something to happen any minute as tension rises.

In this scene you can clearly see that it is explicit because by just looking at the character you can tell that he is the ‘bad guy’ and that he is planning. Also it is clear that the object he is holding will be all about the film and the main subject.

How the film uses conventional narrative structure (beginning)

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• Binary opposites- Good vs Bad- fighting

• Experience vs inexperienced

• Old vs young

• Quick cuts- fast pace

• Builds up the tension

• The car the male protagonist uses- expensive, empowered- high status

• Urban area- connotes with a sense of danger, isolation and darkness.

• The little boy is living a normal life

• Getting picked up.

• Bright lighting symbolises happiness and innocence .

• The boy happily with his mother

• The family have no issues

• The victims which are the good ones.

• The characters are pure.

How the film uses conventional narrative structure (middle)

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• Disequilibrium- Climatic point: event was an explosion

• Quick cuts- fast pace: action is taking place

• Heroic character- dominating as he walks through an explosion

• Suburban area- City is bright

• Tension is built- climatic point- enhancing thriller genre

• Chase scenes- enhancing crime genre.

Antagonist and Protagonist-Both males.

Protagonist is the good character and goes out of their way to rescue the crisis.

Antagonist relies on the use of weapons to undergo their evil endeavours.

Quiet, abandoned setting.

Conations of black, white and grey reinforce the mundane atmosphere of the typical thriller setting.

Dark and mysterious setting builds tension and highlights the convention of he thriller genre.

How the film uses conventional narrative structure (End)

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• Mysterious dark scene at night time.

• Cross cutting is used so that 2 scenes can be shown at the same time.

• Character is avoiding police

• Shows a loving and caring mother.

• The child is in pain as in he is in bed and its also shown by his facial expression.

•Fight scene between the good guy and the ‘Baddie’.

•This scene has a variety of angles as during this they are inside a plane which is falling.

•The film finishes off with a happy ending in a hospital where the family is getting well and where there is no danger.

•The main character visits the family in the hospital before he leaves.

Reason for conventional narrative structure

1) Enigma Code: The watch. Why was he looking at the watch?- at the beginning- suggesting that time was chronological

2) Climatic point- is in the middle- tense moment

3) Some tense moments at the start- to engage the audience

4) The enigmas are explicit- the good guy is heroic.

5) Climatic events- e.g. Explosions

6) Action- bad guys shooting the good guys throughout inline with chasing: enhances the crime

genre

7) Setting- urban areas at start and suburban during tense moments

Impact Of Narrative Structure On The Audience.

• The relationships between the text and the audience is how the audience watch and engage to the text. Through the use of iconology and characters, audience should feel like they relate to what is being shown to them.

• The impact the narrative structure on the audience is for them to have a succinct expectation or to be familiar with the themes of the film, so they are pleased with what they are watching.

• However, a non linear narrative structure will heighten the audiences level of interest and leave them unknown to what to expect.

• As every text has its own implied audience, the text relates to one group of viewers and excludes a particular gender or race etc. Therefore, the types of narratives are important for institutions to consider when targeting their texts to a particular type of audience.

What audience expectations have they established or challenged by using this

narrative structure ?

• In the genre of Crime Thriller the audience would generally have the following expectations about narrative about narrative structure:

• Beginning - there are live normally. • Middle - some bad happens.• End the - solution gets resolved.• Therefore, the narrative structure is conventional

because it goes in chronological order.