Narrative structure

What is narrative?

• The story/plot of a film/tv show/radio show
• Does it have conventions?
• Beginning, middle and end
• Characters - some good or some bad

Types of tv drama's

• single drama/film
• soap (continuing drama)
• serial
• anthology series
• long-form series drama 
• long-form series drama with some narrative experimentation

Continuity editing 

• an editing style that aims to present the text in a chronological manner to emphasise the real time movement and create the sense of realism. continuity editing a narrative that suggests a real experience of moving through time. audiences feel comfortable with a linear progression that reflects their everyday experience.

Linear narrative 

• a sequential narrative with a beginning, a middle and an end in that order. linear narratives provide a straight forward, sequential representation of events leading to a single resolution.

Todorov theory

Cinderella

1. Equilibrium - Cinderella is living with her dad
2. Disruption to equilibrium - Dad dies. step mum and ugly sisters move in. They are horrible to cinderella 
3. Recognition - She is treated like a slave, recognises her life is now awful.
4. Attempt to repair - fairy godmother tries to help her she meets prince charming, who falls in love with her, she loses her glass slipper.
5. Return to equilibrium - she falls in love, she leaves those who kept her captive. lives happily ever after

Equilibrium 

1.Everything’s balanced when theres fencing and happy

Disruption to equilibrium

2.  Find out the people have gone missing

Recognition 

3. Find out the people running the school are Russian spies

Attempt to repair

4. Try to take out the Russian spies

Return to equilibrium 

5. They get back at the spies and everything is balanced again

Strauss theory - binary opposites e.g. black vs white, rich vs poor.

A couple woke up and go downstairs to breakfast. They do not realise that they are being watched by the terrorists. The couple see a gun in the corner of their eye but have to play it cool. The man fights the terrorists and survives with his partner. They live happily ever after.  

Peer Assessed By: Darcie 

WWW: Used the Todorov Theory well.

EBI:  Could of extended the narrative more.