JCM212/Narrative Analysis

Assignment

1. Choose a movie or a single episode of a TV show, but not one we've watched in class.
2. Break it down scene-by-scene.
   • Number each scene and write a very short description of it.
3. Identify each of the narrative elements (from lecture; see below) in your movie or TV episode. Which scene (provide the number) fulfills each element?
   • If your film or TV episode is missing an element, discuss the impact of its absence.

Film narrative elements

1. Single protagonist
2. Exposition
3. Motivation
4. Narrative enigma
5. Cause-effect chain
6. Climax
7. Resolution

TV-episode narrative elements

These are the elements for a series. Remember that a serial handles these elements slightly differently.

1. Multiple protagonists
2. Exposition
3. Motivation
4. Narrative problematic (and episode's enigma or enigmas)
5. Cause-effect chain
6. Climax
7. Resolution