A narrative is the way that stories get told. Books, songs, pens, cave paintings! There is a beginning, middle and end.
In terms of film, the story is the events that happen, the narrative is the way the story is told. For example: when a film has a plot twist, this is where something in the story is withheld until a certain point for effect.
Two completely different films could be made about the same story because of difference in narrative. Example: 100s of films about World War 2. Same thing, portrayed differently, because of narrative.
Linear narratives present stories in a logical manner. Non-Linear may be where events or portrayed in a non-chronological manor (flashbacks etc).
Linear narratives present stories in a logical manner. Non-Linear may be where events or portrayed in a non-chronological manor (flashbacks etc).
Torodov is theorist who studied narrative, he said you could break all narrative into 5 sections:
1) Equilibrium (everything is balance, normal - calm before storm).
2) Disruption (The point where story changes such as death, event, situation).
3) Recognition (of disruption).
4) Repair (of disruption).
5) Restoration of a new Equilibrium (order is restored, it may be new order, different from beginning).
Propp is another theorist who had his own ideas about narrative
Propp is another theorist who had his own ideas about narrative
- He discovered that there were similarities in the stories of thousand Russian folk stories.
- Villain - struggles with hero [ATB - Villains/Hi-Hatz].
- Donor - Prepares and provides the hero with a magical agent [ATB - Samantha?].
- Helper - assists, rescues, solves and/or transfigures the hero [ATB - rest of gang?].
- Princess - a person who exists as a goal for hero who often marries hero/punishes villain.
- Dispatcher - sends off hero.
- Hero - departs on a search (seeker-hero), reacts to donor and weds at end [ATB - Moses, his tansformation/quest].
- False Hero - claims to be a hero, often seeking and reacting to real hero [ATB - N/A].
Strauss is another theorist. Idea of binary oppositions in film, e.g:
- Good vs Evil
- Boy vs Girl
- Peace vs War
- Democracy vs Dictatorship
- Domestic vs Foreign/Allien
- Young vs Old
- Man vs Women
- East vs West
- Humanity vs Technology
- Action vs Inaction
- Ignorance vs Wisdom
- Doing Right vs Doing Wrong
- etc...
Architypes - recurring character types
- Hero
- Shawdow
- Outcast
- Devil
- Mother Nature
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