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.

Classical 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 individual episode's enigma or enigmas)
5. Cause-effect chain
6. Climax
7. Resolution