1) An example of a film that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium is Finding Nemo as it starts off with the equilibrium where Nemo lives happily with his dad, followed by the disequilibrium when Nemo is captured by a human after being dared to swim out and touch a boat. The new equilibrium is when Marvin and Dory find him and get him back home and harmony is restored
2) In the first episode of the vampire diaries, the geographical markers of the dark, eerie lighting makes it clear that the first scene is set at night. The generic marker in this clip would be the two people in the beginning running over the man, then being murdered as it suggests that the genre of the series is drama/thriller. The character markers in the clip would be during the scene in the kitchen when the two teenagers' aunt is trying to help them get ready before school, which lets the audience know that they are students.
3) Examples of characters that fit into Propp's hero role:
4) A binary opposition is a pair of related terms that are opposite in meaning, for example, black and white are binary opposites.
Binary oppositions can be very useful to help identify the ideology
of a text. The conflict between opposites in a conventional text will
usually culminate in one force winning.
The winner often represents the dominant ideas and values of our
culture. When the policeman captures the criminal in a crime drama–
the ideology of the value of law and order is emphasised.
6)Barthes narrative theory of action and enigma codes offer gratification for audiences as creating tension and holding back information creates an element of mystery, intriguing the audience as they are curious to see the outcomes, and how events will be resolved.
Episodic Narrative – The Series: These are fictions which have many parts but where the narrative arc is usually resolved at the end of each episode. This is a common structure within the sit com.
Overarching Narrative - The Serial: The serial uses the conventional narrative arc over a number of episodes. Individual episodes do not tend to have a resolution; this comes at the end of the serial.
Mixed Narrative (episodic and overarching): Some texts use both structures. Friends is an example of this. Each episode of Friends can be watched on its own as the episodes usually deal with a number of small conflicts which resolve at the end of the episode. However, there are a also some overarching narratives.
Multi strand overlapping narrative – the soap narrative: These have a continuous narrative and they tell a number of different stories at the same time. This is sometimes called an open narrative as there is no final resolution for the text. Each narrative strand involves different characters.
8) The media factsheet sugests that adverts use narrative by creating a problem and immediately coming up with a resolution
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