Narrative structure

What is a narrative?

- The story/plot of a film/tv show/radio show

- Does it have conventions?

- Begging, middle and end

- Characters - some good or some bad 

Types of TV crime dramas

• Single drama/ilm 
• Soap 
• Serial - The Avengers
• Anthology series
• Long form series drama
• Long form series drama with some narrative experimentation

Continuity editing

• Aims to present the the in a chronological manner o emphasise the real time movement of the narrative and create a sense of realism for the viewer by giving the impression of continuous filming. Audiences feel comfortable with a linear progression that reflects their every day experience.

Linear narrative

• Sequential narrative with a beginning, middle and end in that order. Provide a straightforward, sequential representation of events leading to a single resolution.

Cinderella

Equilibrium 

1. Cinderella is living with her dad.

Disruption to equilibrium 

2. Dad dies.

Step mum and ugly step sisters move in and they are horrible to cinderella.

Recognition 

3. She is treated like a slave, recognises her life is now awful.

Attempt to repair

4. Fairy godmother tries to help her

She meets prince charming who falls in love with her, she loses her glass slipper.

Return to equilibrium 

5. She falls in love, she leaves these who kept her captive

The Avengers

Equilibrium 

1. Everything’s balanced when theres fencing and happy

Disruption to equilibrium

2.  Find out the people have gone missing

Recognition 

3. Find out the people running the school are Russian spies

Attempt to repair

4. Try to take out the Russian spies

Return to equilibrium 

5. They get back at the spies and everything is balanced again and drove off happily.

Strauss theory 

Strauss made a theory referring to conflict between two opposites e.g black vs white.

Task

A couple wake up and go downstairs to breakfast. They do not realise that they are being watched by terrorists.

As they were eating their breakfast, a Sharp rock gets thrown at the window.

Aden searches for who was until he saw blood dripping down their window.

Mayan grabs a knife and hands it to Aden, he goes outside to find the culprit.

They find a terrorist and Aden fights him then breaks his head in half

Mayan and Aden go back inside to eat their full English breakfast.

Iconography - knife, Sharp rock, blood.

Peer assess by: Lucy

Www- used the knife as a code and convention of a crime drama. 

Ebi- used more codes and conventions of a crime drama.