Narrative Essay - Plan
Introduction - Introduce the concept of narrative. What is it?
"Narrative is a series of connected events shown to an audience"
Todorov theory - equilibrium arc. Every narrative should start with equilibrium, which is then disrupted - the rest of the film should work towards a better equilibrium,
which is then achieved by the end of the film.
Our film opening did not conform to this, starting out with an immediate disruption of the equilibrium. It was then restored and disrupted again.
Levi Strauss - Binary oppositions
E.g Man Vs Woman
For Panophobia: Past Vs Present
Lost Vs Found
Possible race element?
Propp's theory of "stock" characters - Panophobia subverts AND conforms to character types:
- Female heroines
- Damsel in distress figure
- Oblivious friends
Barthes - Enigma coding. What makes the audience want to keep watching? What did we do for this, were we successful? Why?
We kept our audience interested by never fully revealing what happened to Amara's character, only dropping hints here and there - we kept the concept around her disappearance deliberately vague, in order for the audience to create their own ideas about what actually happens, and leave enough mystery to keep the idea that all will be revealed later in the film.
"Narrative is a series of connected events shown to an audience"
Todorov theory - equilibrium arc. Every narrative should start with equilibrium, which is then disrupted - the rest of the film should work towards a better equilibrium,
which is then achieved by the end of the film.
Our film opening did not conform to this, starting out with an immediate disruption of the equilibrium. It was then restored and disrupted again.
Levi Strauss - Binary oppositions
E.g Man Vs Woman
For Panophobia: Past Vs Present
Lost Vs Found
Possible race element?
Propp's theory of "stock" characters - Panophobia subverts AND conforms to character types:
- Female heroines
- Damsel in distress figure
- Oblivious friends
Barthes - Enigma coding. What makes the audience want to keep watching? What did we do for this, were we successful? Why?
We kept our audience interested by never fully revealing what happened to Amara's character, only dropping hints here and there - we kept the concept around her disappearance deliberately vague, in order for the audience to create their own ideas about what actually happens, and leave enough mystery to keep the idea that all will be revealed later in the film.
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