Narrative

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 Read Media Factsheet 14 - Telling Stories: The Media's Use of Narrative and answer the following questions:


1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium. 

Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Parks and Box: 2005)

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.



Starts of with disequilibrium with the man in distraught and running away in urgency. The man is the ('princess') that needs saving. Enigma codes are that we don't know who the man is running from which creates a scene of unease with he audience due to the mystery. Action codes is the man looking up and being taken away. The setting seems to be in a laboratory with passes to get in to certain rom and the man could be a scientist or doctor as e is in a white lab coat. The lights flashing constantly and being the only source of light in the darkness creates that thrilling reaction from the audience as one watching horror would get



3) Provide three different examples from film or television of characters that fit Propp's hero character role.

Lord of the Rings (P Jackson: 2001/3) -Frodo Baggins is the hero

4) Give an example of a binary opposition.

villains and heroes

5) What example is provided in the Factsheet for the way narratives can emphasise dominant ideologies and values?

Binary opposition between villains and heroes emphasise the dominant ideology that the hero will win usually resulting in a new equilibrium

6) Why do enigma and action codes (Barthes) offer gratifications for audiences?

enigma codes cause audiences fear of the unknown and action codes leave the audiences excited to see what actions the characters will do to solve the conflict


7) Write a one-sentence summary of the four different types of TV narrative:
  • Episodic narrative (the series) - narrative arc is usually resolved at the end of each episode and this is commonly used in sitcoms
  • Overarching narrative (the serial) - individual episodes will not have resolutions and conflict will build up until the end of the series unless it ends with a cliff-hanger
  • Mixed narrative - this has both overarching and episodic narratives
  • Multi-strand overlapping narrative (soap narrative) - this has a continuous narrative and they tell multiple different storylines at the same time


8) How does the Factsheet suggest adverts use narrative?  

Conflict and resolution is crucial. Adverts set the problem and immediately offer a resolution  



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