Narrative: blog task

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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. 

The narrative structure of, Fight Club, utilises elements of Todorov’s narrative theory. The text begins with equilibrium and descends into disequilibrium as it progresses, and during the end it descends into 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.

Breaking bad: Walter: The villain
 Hank: The hero
Jesse: The helper

4) Give an example of a binary opposition.
Hank shrader

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

Example:  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? 

 Action codes drive the action forward by creating tension, which creates a diversion and gratifies the audience

7) Write a one-sentence summary of the four different types of TV narrative:
  • Episodic narrative (the series) = a genre of narrative that is divided into a fixed set of episodes.
  • Overarching narrative (the serial)  something that includes or affects everything or everyone.
  • Mixed narrative You use multiple to describe things that consist of many parts, involve many people, or have many uses
  • Multi-strand overlapping narrative (soap narrative) The narrative structure in television programmes and movies does not always follow one storyline. 
8) How does the Factsheet suggest adverts use narrative?  

it suggests that adverts try and convey core messages to consumers by telling a story which makes them more likely to buy the product 







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