Difference between revisions of "JCM212/Narrative Analysis"
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===Film narrative elements=== | ===Film narrative elements=== | ||
| + | #Single protagonist | ||
| + | #Exposition | ||
| + | #Motivation | ||
| + | #Narrative enigma | ||
| + | #Cause-effect chain | ||
| + | #Climax | ||
| + | #Resolution | ||
===TV-episode narrative elements=== | ===TV-episode narrative elements=== | ||
| + | These are the elements for a ''series''. Remember that a ''serial'' handles these elements slightly differently. | ||
| + | #Multiple protagonists | ||
| + | #Exposition | ||
| + | #Motivation | ||
| + | #Narrative problematic (''and'' episode's enigma or enigmas) | ||
| + | #Cause-effect chain | ||
| + | #Climax | ||
| + | #Resolution | ||
Revision as of 16:32, 29 January 2018
Assignment
- Choose a movie or a single episode of a TV show, but not one we've watched in class.
- Break it down scene-by-scene.
- Number each scene and write a very short description of it.
- 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
- Single protagonist
- Exposition
- Motivation
- Narrative enigma
- Cause-effect chain
- Climax
- Resolution
TV-episode narrative elements
These are the elements for a series. Remember that a serial handles these elements slightly differently.
- Multiple protagonists
- Exposition
- Motivation
- Narrative problematic (and episode's enigma or enigmas)
- Cause-effect chain
- Climax
- Resolution
