Narratives have porbably existed as long as human beings; they were said to have probably existed when the stone age artists were around 18,000 years ago, the drawings they had on the walls of their caves usually told stories.
Our first story experiences started with 'Once Upon a time...'
The opening of a narrative is massively important because it intends to grab and hold onto the attention of the audience. In Media Studies the opeinng of any fil/TV show has to orienate the audience quickly.
Whilst you are watching the opening of a narrative you need to consider the following things...- who is the hero and the villain
- is it a recognisable setting
- does it have an understandable style
- the conventional narratuve stucture which includes cause-effect motivation
Levi Strauss - Binary oppositions
Binary oppositions basicially means that a situation is reducable to two possible answers or states e.g.Women vs Men
Young vs Old
Black vs White
Right vs Wrong
Tzvetan Todorov - Equilibrium
He simplified the idea of narrative theory whilst allowing a more complex interpretation of film texts with his theory of equilibrium and disequilibrium.
The 3 states are...
Equilibrium
Disequilibrium
New state of equilibrium
An example of this would be...
Spiderman
He is a normal teenager at college
He gets bitten by a spider
He now lives as a hero calles Spiderman saving peopls live and defeating the Green Goblin
Vladimir Propp - Character Type
he said that there are a certain number of character sthat pop up inmost narratives, they are...
the Hero - leads the narrative
the Villain - conflicts with the hero
the Heroine - usually some sort of prize or reward for the hero
the Father - authority figure who offers the reward
the Helper - helps the hero, sometimes a sidekick
the Donor - gives the hero something to help him, like a clue which helps him complete the quest or task
the Mentor - teaches and guides the hero
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