In groups we explored different narrative styles that were used in films. Starting by studying Todorov: Typical narrative structure: Equilibrium- Disequilibrium/Disruption- Resolution/ New Equilibrium. We first thought of films that didn't follow this structure, our examples were Red Velvet, The Lost Highway and Titanic as the has the Resolution at the beginning instead of the end.
Then we went on to devise our own narrative that followed the Todorov's typical narrative structure.
1. Devising an idea with a clear narrative structure.
Horror, 5 teenagers on a road trip. Four of the teens disappear/die. One, a girl, survives.
What generic conventions are used to make the horror element clear?
Character types: Profile/ description of each character
How will the story start?
What is the threat?
How do they go missing?
Why and how does she survive?
Narrative Tasks
Devise an opening yo your original proposed horror story. The opening must use the shark bite technique.
Open on foggy beach at dusk, hear a girl scream 'HELP!' Then the sound of a body collapsing to the ground. Then camera moves across the beach to a close up of the girls dead body by the tide covered in seaweed, then followed by a close up of a buried body, that is visible under the sand. Close ups of foot prints of boots going up the beach to a wide shot of a blurred figure in the background.
Cultural and semic/symbolic codes: What subtle clues could you use to show that one teenage girl is interested in the occult?
-Small tattoos that are only just noticeable,
-Wears a piece of clothing that has a logo on it e.g. a coat, a blazer etc.
-Owns a piece of jewellery in the shape of the logo e.g. earring under long hair or a necklace that she would hide under her clothing or a ring hat no one would really notice or understand is meaning and just mistake it as a fashionable piece.
Sketch/describe or photograph 2 characters from the film that are binary opposites.
A skinny, weak, tomboy. That would be seen as harmless.
A strong, buffed, hansom male. That any person who dared tried to go against would be a little worried to face.
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