Narrative: critical theories and generating ideas - short film genre

You have been given an outline of a variety of critical theories and we have discussed how to apply to specific films / your ideas for your own productions

Some of the theories we have covered include:

Vladimir Propp: characters as function / actions as function

Barthes: action / enigma codes

Tzevetan Todorov – Equilibrium & disequilibrium

Levi-Strauss - binary oppositions

Allan Cameron's theory of Modular Narratives

Representation theories

Audience theories

narrative conventions: a restrictive and unrestrictive narrative

there are others - to extend attainment research and find some of your own - produce evidence of your independent research into narrative codes and theories - link them to exisiting films as examples for your points/opinions

HOMEWORK 1: present research and findings as a powerpoint.  – link to  specific media texts

Today's tasks: 21st October - generating narrative ideas.

to avoid having a narrow range of ideas you need to provide different versions of narrative structure

1.  generate an initial narrative story and discourse - be original
2. create three versions of your concept each of which meets a different critical narrative theory 
3. change your narrative explore the effect changing the narrative - for example restricted, non-linear or episodic: change the chronology, apply parallel concepts

present all of your ideas in an interactive and creative way - you must include links and quotes plus media texts as examples