Narrative Structure
Tzvetan Todorv created a way of explaining the narrative structure of a music video through 5 stages:
Stage 1: A point of stable equilibrium, where everything is satisfied, calm and normal.
Stage 2: This stability is then disrupted by some kind of force, which creates a state of disequilibrium.
Stage 3: Recognition that a disruption has taken place.
Stage 4: It is only possible to re-create equilibrium through action directed against the disruption.
Stage 5: Restoration of a new state of equilibrium. The consequences of the reaction is to change the world of the narrative and/or the characters so that the final state of equilibrium is not the same as the initial state.
- In short as O'Sullivan et al suggest, narratives has a common structure, starting with the establishment of plot or theme.
- This is then followed by the development of the problem. an enigma (Roland Barthes), an increase in tention.
- Finally comes the resolution of the plot.
- Such narratives can be unambiguous and linear.
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