Lesson Write Up - 24th September

In the exam I need to explain how I have used media theory in my own production.

In anarrative we may see a character robbing a bank, the inferred evts of the narrative would be the character waking up, getting dressed etc, we know this happened as he got to this point in the narrative.

Narrative:

Tim O'Sullivan (1998)

• He argues that all media texts tell us some kind of story.
• Through careful mediation, e.g camera angles, media texts offer a way of telling stories about ourselves - not usually our own personal stories but the story of us as a culture or set of cultures.

It is said that there are only 8 different stories in existance, and that represent us as humans, the stories are what we experience and understand.

Kate Domaille (2001)

• Every story ever told can be fitted into one of eight narrative types. each of these narrative types has a source, an original story, upon which the others are based.

Achilles:

• The fatal flaw that leads to the destruction of the previously flawless or almost flawless person. Eg - Superman, Fatal Attraction

Candide:

• The indomitable hero who cannot be put down. Eg - James Bond, Indiana Jones

Cinderella

• The dream comes true. Eg - Pretty Woman

Circe:

• The chase, the spider and the fly, the innocent and the victim. Eg - The Terminator, Smokey and the Bandit

Faust:

• Selling your soul to the devil may bring riches but eventually your soul belongs to him. Eg - Bedazzled, Wall Street

Orpheus:

• The loss of something personal, the gift that is taken away, the tradegy of loss, the journey which follows the loss. Eg - Sixth Sense, Love Story

Romeo & Juliet:

• The love story. Eg - Titanic

Tristan & Iselut:

• The love triangle, unfortunatley one or both of them are spoken for, or a third party intervenes. Eg - Casablanca