Narrative: blog task

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

The Disney movie Frozen .

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.
Superman , Captain america , Spiderman
4) Give an example of a binary opposition.
Hero vs Villian 
5) What example is provided in the Factsheet for the way narratives can emphasise dominant ideologies and values?
Narratives can control the whole idea and can create high changes and can emphasises dominant ideologies and values .
6) Why do enigma and action codes (Barthes) offer gratifications for audiences?

Both enigma and action codes create a meaning for the audience and also causes the feeling of either awareness or excitement to spark up from within them .

7) Write a one-sentence summary of the four different types of TV narrative:
  • Episodic narrative (the series) - a story that is told through a series of episodes
  • Overarching narrative (the serial) - a narrative that is overarching, or that provides a framework for a series of separate stories.
  • Mixed narrative - a  novel combines passages told from the first person point of view with passages told from the third person point of view,
  • 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?  
 Adverts use narratives in order to spark interest into the audience and cause them to be aware of the product or service being advertised .

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