Evaluation Question 1 Plan

Question 1 of Evaluation
For Question 1 I will be using WIX, this will allow me to structure my answer into seperate tabs.

Textual analysis of camera, editing, sound, mis-en-scene
(own video and print product)
-> throughout links and comparisons with case studies (can also be other videos/real media products that relate) similarities e.g. the scene where you can see the actor and the screen is inpirsed from another media film.

Critical theory -
Narrative / Narrative theory (story telling)
Two types of narrative - Linear and non-linear
Linear - Has a clear beginning, middle and end
Non-Linear - No clear structure, altering chronology (order of events) - may use techniques such as flashbacks and flash fowards.

- Circular narrative - beggining and end similar
- Concurrent narratives (music video)


Representation, post modernism

Narrative theories:
Todorov - Clear beginning and end - linear
Strucrualist theorist - common structures / linear
Equilibrium / Disequilibrium -> New equilibrium
5 stages of this theory:
Establishment of a scenario - > Problem / Disruption -> Complication -> Action climax -> Resolution

Levi Strauss - Structuralist
Binary oppositions -> narratives need oppositions and conflict -> creates tension which drives the narrative forward and keeps the audience interested.
Good vs Bad e.g. Male v Female, or in a gangster movie - Crime v. Law Order

Roland Barthes - Narratives require many codes to progress the narrative and keep the audience attentive
Codes in narrative:
Visual code - shot, editing effect
Sound code - effect, music
Action codes - Give us easily understand information about what is going to happen next e.g. suitcase
E.g. background music/sound that signify danger
Enigma codes - withhold information - pose a question (narratives have both)

Additional theories:
Propps theory - Binary opposition and character roles e.g. villain vs hero, weak and strong etc.