Narrative for coursework
MEDIA STARTER- Recall narrative theories
Roland Barthes  | Roland Barthes- texts contain certain codes that audiences can interpret to help them understand the narrative Enigma/ Hermeneutic codes - Roland Barthes Elements of mystery in the plot - questions which mean that the audience have to engage with the text in order to find the answers Action codes - Roland Barthes Actions in the plot that help the audience figure out what's going to happen next Semantic codes - Roland Barthes Elements of a text which can be deconstructed and analysed to give the text meaning |
Levi-Strauss | Claude Levi Strauss- binary oppositions Position audience to support a specific viewpoint The interest often comes where the binaries aren’t clear cut e.g. ambiguous villains |
Neale  | Steve Neale- Genres may be dominated by repetition of ideas, images and themes, but they also develop and evolve;
If one is repeated too much an audience came predict the narrative and become bored. l. Instead, meeting the conventions but making it fresh can be interesting |
Todorov  | Tzvetan Todorov- Equilibrium, disequilibrium, recognition, attempt to repair, new equilibrium |
Hall  | Stuart Hall- representation of reality People in power (hegemonic groups) t end to create stereotypes to wield power and keep the disadvantaged weaker In video you can perhaps challenge stereotypes |
Restricted (shock, surprise) narrative and unrestricted narrative (suspense, clever twist at end of video?)
Linear or non-linear- think flashbacks and flashforwards
Circular narratives
TASK
BECKY’S PROCESS OF CREATING A NARRATIVE 👩🏼🏫
Name: Elenar
Genre: Horror
Ideological VP: Capitalist vs Communist
CHOSE HER TO BE A PROTAGONIST. Challenge state of world
Capitalist taken over by AI
1984, tech is big, watching everything we do
Elenar trying to save the world
She can’t do it alone, she needs people
BIG DISRUPTION; overlords taken over land. Amazon rainforest last piece
Environment is chaotic, fires
Fantasy, sci-fi - genre hybridity
Elenar characteristics?
Take those 3 things and spring board ideas
MY IDEAS
Name:
Genre:
Ideological VP: Feminism, representing discrimination of women in the workplace
She’s a fashion designer but no one believes in her or values her ideas
Her boss thinks that she her work is not good
Scene of boss shouting at her and she finally had enough
She is featured in magazines; bad features, someone claimed her idea and zoom in on name
Bruh
Becomes successful
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