Narrative theory
Narratives theory is a story telling and have different elements in a story to make it organised and meaningful story because if not then the audience will be confused and will not watch the film. When trying to find a meaning within narrative, there are series of code and convention that need to be considered such as characters, structure, connotation denotation and genre. Propps, Todorov, Aristotle, Barthes are very common when making a film because it helps to make it understandable for the audience and just makes sense.
Propp- the eight characters that propp has made is: The hero- is the person who is the hero for most of the quest and is there to help. The villain- the bad person who ruins the quest but at the end is defeated. The donor- is the person who send the quest from a message. The dispatcher- its the person who tries to at least ruin a part of the quest. The helper- it is the person who gives out important information to the hero and gives the hero equipment to help quest. The false hero- acts as a hero who succeeded the quest. The princess- the princess is usually the victim. Her father-is the person who tells the hero to get his daughter.
Todorov- he suggested that stories has equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium (beginning, middle, end) . The 5 stages of conventional narratives are:
1) A state of equilibrium at the outset.
2) A disruption of the equilibrium by some action.
3) A recognition that there has seem a disruption .
4) An attempt to repair the disruption.
5) A reinstatement of the equilibrium.
The structure of the convention narrative is very familiar to the audience and can be applied to many films narratives.
Aristotle: he found out that it is important that ever film has a plot so it arouse emotion from the audience, and this is mainly within tragedy (fear and emotion). Also evoking emotion through the themes.
Barthes: Barthes suggested that there will be codes to describe the meaning od a text. narrative can be defines by using the following:
- Symbolic- it is similar to the Semitic code, but it deeper sets of meaning connotation which it symbolises.
- Semic- often additional meaning by way of connotation which the story suggests or refers to meaning.
- Culture- understand events which can be recognise as being part of a culture.
Each theorist is mentioned and their theory of narrative referred to well. Good diagrams included to illustrate your ideas.
ReplyDeleteTo improve;
-Propp: what characters can you apply to a thriller film? For example, the hero is usually the protagonist
-look to analyse a scene like we did in class and apply the theories so you can see how you can, to a certain extent, apply all four.
-which theorist will you look to apply in your thriller and why?