Narrative is a series of actions and chain of events in a cause of event relationships occuring in time and space.
In video, time & space can be manipulated.
Narrative is a media term for story telling. Also elements of story is organised. Narrative is making sense of in the world story in which we live.
Digesis - Filmic world
Music video - follows lyrics for meaning - none classic narrative structure.
Narrative = Story & Plot
Narrative Theory of Kate Domaille ( 2001):
According to Kate Domaille (2001) every story ever told can be fitted into one of eight narrative types.
Achillies - The fatal flaw that leads to the of the previously flawless, or almost flawless person. E.g. Superman
Candidle - Hero can not be put down. E.g. James Bond
Cinderella - Dreams come true
Circe - The chase, the spider on the wall, innocent & victim
Faust - Selling soul to the devil
Orpheus - The loss of something personal
Romeo & Juliet - Love story
Tritan and Iseult - Love triangle, with third parties.
Vladimir Propp - Russian Theory - 7 theories
The Villian - struggles against hero
The Doner - prepares the hero or give the hero magical object
The (Magical) Helper - helps the hero in the quest
The Princess & her Farther - gives the task to the hero, identify false hero, marries, often sought for during the narrative
The Dispatcher - character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off
The Hero or Victim/Seeker Hero - reacts to the donor, weds the princess
[False Hero] - takes credit for the heros actions or tries to marry the princess
Music video - audio visual poetry?
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