Narrative Theory

Starter- What is a narrative?

A narrative is a storyline with different elements which engrosses audience to consume media context. (In books, films etc.)

Needs characters and different roles

Needs to be entertaining for that genre

Needs a plot

To create a story, structure is needed

 

Horror film example –

 

• Starts with normality, two kids walking around and come across an abandoned house
• Kids both go look around the house and get locked in by mysterious figure
• One of the kids try to get out the house threw a window, glass cuts one of the kids arm off
• One uses Ouija board to talk to the ghost and get out the house
• Both leave the house not feeling the same way as before but try to get back into a normal state like before

Narrative gives meaning and structure for audiences to compare their own circumstances to those of characters making them feel a number of different emotions which is what audiences desire from media texts


Music videos a visual representation of an artist’s story which is in the song