Essay Plan

Question - Apply the concept of narrative to one of your coursework productions.

First paragraph (introduction) - 

- what is narrative? 

-describe narrative and explain what it means

-(the way stories are told, how meaning is constructed to achieve the understanding of the audience)

-(voice of narrative can be different and vary; whose story is being told and from whose perspective)

- is narrative important?

-(use narratives or stories to make sense of our lives and work around us)

Second paragraph -

- who is Aristotle/about

-Five stage narrative structure (exposition, development, complication, climax, resolution)

(link to own cousework could be separate paragraph)

-link to own coursework (does it match or does it go against it, which parts fit with the production)

Third paragraph -

- About Claude Levi-Strauss and his approach to narrative

- Binary opposites eg. good vs evil, protagonist vs antagonist

(link to own cousework could be separate paragraph)

-does this link to my own coursework, yes, use examples and develop

Fourth paragraph -

- About Todorov and his approach to narrative

-Five stages a narrative has to pass through 

- 1. state of equilibrium 2. event disrupts the equilibrium 3. protagonist notices disruption 4. protagonist attempts to restore equilibrium 5. equilibrium is restored, new equilibrium is established 

- (equilibrium - state of normality - good, bad or neutral)

(link to own cousework could be separate paragraph)

- How does this link to my own coursework (own protagonist will develop and go through this process if our film continued because this theory can be applied well to action films.

Fifth paragraph Conclusion -

- Overall if the concept of narrative can be applied to my coursework production 

- Yes, give examples from previous paragraphs.


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