Narrative: blog task

 

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

Harry Potter follows the narrative structure 

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.

Prison break season 1, episode 1 

Michael Scofield is imprisoned in Fox River State Penitentiary. He finds his brother, Lincoln Burrows, who is a death row prisoner, and tells him that he is going to break them both out of the prison.

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

Example Lord of the rings

•Frodo is the hero, he seeks

Mount Doom in order to destroy

the ring

• The villain is Sauron

• The donor is Gandalf who gives

Frodo the ring and he is also the

dispatcher who sends Frodo on

his mission.

4) Give an example of a binary opposition.
hero and villain 

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

When the girl wins the heart of the guy in a romantic comedy the

values of heterosexual relationships and monogamy are reinforced.

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

7) Write a one-sentence summary of the four different types of TV narrative:

• Episodic narrative (the series)
• Overarching narrative (the serial)
• Mixed narrative
• Multi-strand overlapping narrative (soap narrative)

8) How does the Factsheet suggest adverts use narrative?  

In advertising the idea of the problem and resolution is crucial.

Often adverts set up a problem and then immediately

offer the solution to create a swift resolution