NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• STATUS Quo

• Pollution

• Guilt

• Redemption

• Purification

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• STATUS Quo

• Program opens same way

• CSI, or theme music-opening montage

• Starts with normalcy – each genre different

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Pollution

• Something interesting happens

• Harmony broken

• Starts with normalcy – each genre different

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Guilt

• attempt to resolve conflict from pollution

• Comedy…adds more comedy

• Drama…greater drame

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Redemption• conflict resolution• soap…may add more pollution• Drama…characters may learn and build• Could be end of program..Mash..The

fugitive• Comedy..may or may not learn ..repeat

pollution

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Purification

• happy ending..back to status quo..episodic to start new conflicts next week

Stock Characters

• So many..side kick..hero…playboy..other woman

• Media Scholor James Chesebro’s has 5 catagories. For narrative and non-narrative

Stock Characters

• Mimetic characters- one of us

• -victims in action adventure

• -sidekicks in comedy

• -commentators-anchors-reporters

• -audience members

Stock Characters

• Ironic- Unintentionally articulates, defends, and represents positions inconsistent with other characters and known events

• -loved comedic characters

• -losers in game shows

• -dysfunctional families-Phil, Maury Povich

Stock Characters

• Leader-Centered- Superior to avg. person in Intel and control of environment

• Heroes-drama’s

Stock Characters

• Mythical- Superior to everything and everybody

• God like