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