Narrative

Narrative is the way in which a story is told
Narrative is not just the story but also the mise-en-scene

The way narratives are told help us understand the ideology of the producer

7 types of story

• Rebirth
• The Quest
• Voyage & Return
• Tragedy
• Comedy
• Rag to Riches

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Tzvetan Todorov - Narratology 

Theory of Narrative Equilibrium:
Is the state of balance

1. Establishment of equilibrium
2. Disequilibrium (The Liminal period)
1. The period at which everything goes bad, a lack of stability
3. Partial restoration of equilibrium

An advantage to this theory is that it:

• gives order to things
•  it keeps audiences compelled
•  easy to apply

A disadvantage is that:

• Can be more than one disruption to equilibrium
• May not always go in the set order e.g plot twists
• We enjoy seeing the disequilibrium
• The audience is always told that everything is going to be okay

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The ideology is that audience are usually negatively bias, therefore enjoying characters getting tortured etc.

Escapism: audience do this by watching movies to get out of our foul lives