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Aminul Islam 13S What is narrative A2 Media. Narrative is the way the story is told. There are many theories to how a story is told. Theories are created by theorists. Narratives also have codes and conventions they need to follow. A well known theory is Todarov’s equilibrium and disequilibrium theory. The theory is about all characters having equilibrium until a problem happens, leading to disequilibrium. To solve the disequilibrium characters need to go through a resolution. Then they go back to the equilibrium. Many TV series’ use this theory; IT crowd and White Collar use this theory a lot in their episodes. There are many other theories that can be used in media texts such as enigma codes that let stories be told without directly telling the audience. Todarov’s narrative theory Narratives codes and conventions depend on what the genre is. For example in Action adventure movies a convention is that is the protagonists faces obstacles that they need to overcome in order to finish their goal. Another example is that social realism movies need to be in real locations rather than in studios for that sense of realism.
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Aminul Islam 13S What is narrative A2 Media.
Narrative is the way the story is told. There are many theories to how a story is told. Theories are created by theorists. Narratives also have codes and conventions they need to follow.
A well known theory is Todarov’s equilibrium and disequilibrium theory. The theory is about all characters having equilibrium until a problem happens, leading to disequilibrium. To solve the disequilibrium characters need to go through a resolution. Then they go back to the equilibrium. Many TV series’ use this theory; IT crowd and White Collar use this theory a lot in their episodes. There are many other theories that can be used in media texts such as enigma codes that let stories be told without directly telling the audience.
Todarov’s narrative theory
Narratives codes and conventions depend on what the genre is. For example in Action adventure movies a convention is that is the protagonists faces obstacles that they need to overcome in order to finish their goal. Another example is that social realism movies need to be in real locations rather than in studios for that sense of realism.
