The Batman & The Joker: The Narrative Evolution through the Media distribution
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THE BATMAN & THE JOKER:THE NARRATIVE EVOLUTION
THROUGH THE MEDIA DISTRIBUTION
By Sheila M. Gagne
Terms Narrative Theory: is the continuing pursuit of oral and scripted
documentation of verified fictional and/or non-fictional events. How the intricacies of linguistics and cultural relics evolve and stimulate populations from local to international.
Intertextuality: Reference to or connection with other “texts” outside of the present one.
Frame Narrative: An event occurring with the events unfolding in a story.
Archetypes: A model of speech, behavioral pattern, and appearance used to distinguish characters in a narrative (ex. charming villain vs. sidekick)
Semiotics: A theory of study that involves applying various sign processes to communicating in-depth connotation, language/linguistics, and symbolic elements to a storyline.
Illustrative transformations of Batman’s image over the decades.
Batman live-action television series, January 12, 1966 – March 14, 1968.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jgE-lrfZ3k&feature=related
Continued…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk
Batman to the Future!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVdTbiLku48&feature=related
The Joker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS1RTKVh6YE- Up until 1:15
Before he was The Joker, he was known as The Red Hood.
…He dun gone cuckoo!
Illustrative/visual transformations of The Joker over the years. Above: animated evolution. Left: Graphic/Cinema evolution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM&feature=related
Why?
A radical change in the interpretation of his character in The Batman (2004). Voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.
Above: The Joker in Batman: The Brave and the Bold (November 14, 2008 (2008-11-14) – present).
Upper Left: The Joker in Batman: Under the Red Hood (July 27, 2010).
“Family Reunion”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYUJv5ODYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJLbCFZDChc
“Beware the Creeper”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T8y3Af3dH0
Voiced by Jeff Bennett
Robin/Dick Grayson/Nightwing
Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
Future Robin’s: Jason Todd (Red Hood) Tim Drake Stephanie Brown Damian Wayne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_vtn_gv1QM
How the story is constructed to fit into the Batman/DC universe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS1RTKVh6YEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jgE-lrfZ3k&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnuY4aAXasshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYUJv5ODYwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJLbCFZDChchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_vtn_gv1QMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T8y3Af3dH0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk