Narrative
1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.
Any superhero movie follows Todorov's equilibrium as they start of with a general harmony and little to no problems. The disturbance is introduced when a super villain comes to whatever city and begins causing havoc. It is then left up to the super hero to fight the villain (and probably get defeated the first couple of times) and ultimately beat him to create a new equilibrium.
2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a clip on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama series (season 1, episode 1). Embed the clip in your blog and write an analysis of the narrative markers that help establish setting, character and plot.
3) Provide three different examples from film or television of characters that fit Propp's hero character role.
Batman,
Spiderman
Superman
4) Give an example of a binary opposition.
An example could be a football game and the hero is on the opposite team to the villain and they had a conflict during the match.
5) What example is provided in the Factsheet for the way narratives can emphasise dominant ideologies and values?
"The winner often represents the dominant ideas and values of our
culture. When the policeman captures the criminal in a crime drama–
the ideology of the value of law and order is emphasised."
6) Why do enigma and action codes (Barthes) offer gratifications for audiences?
It gives the the reader gratification as they are able to ask themselves questions about the media text for example what can happen further on in a movie. When you get a prediction right it gives satisfaction to the watcher.
7) Write a one-sentence summary of the four different types of TV narrative:
8) How does the Factsheet suggest adverts use narrative?
In the example we see the exposition and the resolution at the same time (the ‘ideal’ world where clothes are clean and bright). However, if we recognise the rugby scrum and apply our knowledge of what is about to happen we know that there will soon be a problem that needs solving. The rugby game will create a muddy mess. Persil is mentioned and we recognise that it is the ‘hero’ that will solve the problem of dirty clothes to return us to the state of equilibrium.
Any superhero movie follows Todorov's equilibrium as they start of with a general harmony and little to no problems. The disturbance is introduced when a super villain comes to whatever city and begins causing havoc. It is then left up to the super hero to fight the villain (and probably get defeated the first couple of times) and ultimately beat him to create a new equilibrium.
2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a clip on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama series (season 1, episode 1). Embed the clip in your blog and write an analysis of the narrative markers that help establish setting, character and plot.
The equilibrium is established as the characters and their roles are introduced. Ghost and his night club is showcased along with his wife. Tommy is then introduced with his violent attitude when he is found under the club keeping someone hostage.
3) Provide three different examples from film or television of characters that fit Propp's hero character role.
Batman,
Spiderman
Superman
4) Give an example of a binary opposition.
An example could be a football game and the hero is on the opposite team to the villain and they had a conflict during the match.
5) What example is provided in the Factsheet for the way narratives can emphasise dominant ideologies and values?
"The winner often represents the dominant ideas and values of our
culture. When the policeman captures the criminal in a crime drama–
the ideology of the value of law and order is emphasised."
6) Why do enigma and action codes (Barthes) offer gratifications for audiences?
It gives the the reader gratification as they are able to ask themselves questions about the media text for example what can happen further on in a movie. When you get a prediction right it gives satisfaction to the watcher.
7) Write a one-sentence summary of the four different types of TV narrative:
- Episodic narrative (the series)
The narrative is based around the episode instead of the entire series, meaning there's a new story each episode.
- Overarching narrative (the serial)
The narrative is based around the series and the story changes/alters every new series.
- Mixed narrative
A mixture of both Episodic and Overarching narrative as the episodes can be watched in any order and still understood but certain things from previous episodes are still mentioned.
- Multi-strand overlapping narrative (soap narrative)
When a few different stories are mentioned at a time and there are several conflicts happening at a time.
8) How does the Factsheet suggest adverts use narrative?
In the example we see the exposition and the resolution at the same time (the ‘ideal’ world where clothes are clean and bright). However, if we recognise the rugby scrum and apply our knowledge of what is about to happen we know that there will soon be a problem that needs solving. The rugby game will create a muddy mess. Persil is mentioned and we recognise that it is the ‘hero’ that will solve the problem of dirty clothes to return us to the state of equilibrium.
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