NarrativeAO2
Whatisanarrativestructure?
Anarrativestructureisthewayinwhichastorylineorathreadisputtogether.Eachmediawhetheritbenon‑fictionalorfictionalisorganisedaccordingtooneofthefollowingnarrativestructures,dependingonthearrangementofthecontentorinthecaseofastory,theorderofwhichitunfolds:
OpenoClosedoSingle‑strandoMulti‑strandoSeriesoSerialsoLinearoNon‑linearoRealistoAnti‑realisto
OpenNarrative?
Anopennarrativeisatelevisionprogrammeorasoapopera.Thereasonforthisisbecausetheyhavenosenseofendingandtheycangoonforever.Theyalsohavealotmorecharacters.Thecharacterscanalsoshiftinandoutofprominence.Theyalsohavemorethanonestorylinerunningatonce.Timeisalsomorechronologicalandmorewiththerealworld.Thereisalsodifferentknowledgeofthecharacterssothattheaudiencecangettoknowthem.
Exampleofanopennarrative
Hollyoaksisanexampleofanopennarrative.Thereasonforthisisbecauseitisasoapoperawithabroadrangeofcastmembers.Theyalsohavealotofdifferentstorylinesrunningatonce.
ClosedNarrative?
Closednarrativesaremorereleventtofilmsandcinema.Thereisalsoasmallnumberofcentralcharactersofwhichtheaudienceknowledgeissetupfrom.Thecharactersinthefilmsarealsooftenarrangedina'hierarchy'ofimportance.Theaudiencearesometimesinvitedsothattheycanmake'verdicts'onthecharacters.Unlikeinopennarrativestimeiscompressedandnotwiththe'realtime'.Thetimesandeventsareusuallyspecialtothisparticularstoryanditisnotlinkedwiththeoutsideworld.Theaudiencecanusuallyhaveevidenceaboutthecharactersonlyfromthissingletext.Attheendofthefilmthekeyissuesareresolved.
Exampleofaclosednarrative
TheLovelyBonesisanexampleofaclosednarrativefilm.Thereasonforthisisbecauseallofthekeyissuesthatwereraisedinthefilmareconcludedattheendofthefilm.
Single‑‑strandnarrative
Asinglestrandnarrativefocusesonasinglecentralcharacter.
Exampleofasingle‑‑strandnarrative
AnexmpleofasinglestrandnarrativefilmisIronMan.ThereasonforthisisbecuaseitonlyfocusedonIronManratherthanhimwiththerestoftheAvengerscast.
Multi‑‑strandnarrative
Amulti‑strandnarrativeisnormallyusedbysoapoperasandalsoinlongrunningserialdramas.Theydon'tusetheconventionalapproachofbeginning,middle,ending.Thereasonforthisisbecauseseveralstorylinesrunatthesametime.Whilesomestorylinesareendingsomestorylinesareonlyjustbeginning.
Exampleofamulti‑‑strandnarrative
Anexampleofamulti‑strandnarrativetelevsionshowisTheWire.Thereasonforthisisbecausetheytalkaboutdifferentstorylinesrunningthroughtheprogrammeatonce.Thereisalsonosinglecharacteriseminentfortheentireseries.
Series
Aseriesisatelevisionorradioprogrammethatconsistofseveralepisodeswhicharebroadcastedinregualarintervals.
Exampleofaseries
AnexampleofaverysuccessfulseriesisFriends.Thereasonforthisisbecauseithad10seasonswhichconsistedof236episodesintotal.AlthoughitisfinishedtherearestillsomechannelssuchasComedyCentralwhichstillbroadcastit.
Serials
Serialsareaseriesofprogrammesthatrelyonacontunuingplotthatareinasequentialepisodebyepisodefashion.Therearealsofilmserieswhichareacollectionofrelatedfilmsinsuccession.
Exampleofaserials
HarryPotterisoneofthemostpopularfilmserials.Theybeganin2001andthenendedwiththelastfilmin2011.Thereare8filmsbasedonthe7bookswrittenbyJ.K.Rowling.
LinearNarrative
Alinearnarrativeisorganisedinasimplesequenceof:BeginningoMiddleoEndingo
Ifyouputeverythingthathappensonpaperitwillgoinastraightline.
ExampleofaLinearNarrative
AnexampleofalinearnarrativefilmisBridgetJonesDiary.ThereasonforthisisbecauseitshowsayearinthelifeofBridgetJonesinachronologicalorder.
Non‑‑LinearNarrative
Anon‑linearnarrativedoesn'tproceedinachronologicalorder.Theycaneitherhaveflashbacksorflash‑forwards.
ExampleofaNon‑‑ linearnarrative
Anexampleofanon‑linearnarrativetelevisionshowisArrowThereasonforthisisbecausetheygobackwardsandforwardsintime.
RealistNarrative
Arealistnarrativeisarepresentationofreality.Thereasonforthisisbecauseitshowswhathappenesineverydaylife.
Exampleofarealistnarrative
Thisisalinktofunnynewsmistakeswhichhappened.
http://crazynewsstories.com/funny‑news‑mistakes/
Anti‑‑realistnarrative
Ananti‑realistprogramme/filmiswhenthenarrativeortheplotisnoteasytorelatetoandisnormallyoutoftheordinary
Exampleofananti‑‑realistnarrative
Thisisalinktoananti‑realistnewsstory.
http://www.cracked.com/article_20293_5‑clearly‑fake‑news‑stories‑media‑told‑you‑were‑true.html