12th Spetember 2011.

Narrative- how the story /plot is constructed. .

• LINEA- told in order in which it happens. E.g. beginning, middle and a end.
• NON-LINEA- narrative is manipulated/order changed. E.g. Flashbacks.

Todorov-

• Equilibrium: State of Normaltiy.
• Disruption: Disrupts the stage of normality.
• New Equilibrium: New state of normality due to the disruption.

Vladmir Prop-

1. THE VILLAIN: Struggles against the hero.
2. THE DONOR: Prepares the hero or gives hero a magical object.
3. THE (MAGICAL) HELPER: Helps the hero in the quest.
4. THE PRINCESS & FATHER: Gives task to hero. Identify false hero and then Princess marries hero which is often sought for during the narrative. The cannot be distinguished.
5. THE DISPATCHER: Makes lack known and sneds off hero.
6. THE HERO OR VICTIM/SEAKER HERO: Reacts to the donor and marries the princess.
7. FALSE HERO: Pretends he did good and tries to marry the princess.

We were then sent off to apply these roles to a movie that we have watched, i did it to FAST AND FURIOUS 5 (FAST FIVE) and these were the results i got:

1. HERO: Domonic Toretto and Brian O'Connor.
2. VILLAIN: Reyes.
3. PRINCESS: Mia Toretto.
4. FALSE HERO: Agent L Hobbs.
5. MAGICAL HELPER(s): The team he chooses to rob Reyes.
6. THE DISPATCHER: Vince Toretto.
7. couldn't really think of any donor's in the film, sorry.

Barthes-
-We understand narratives through understanding and decoding signals and codes.

1. ENIGMA CODES: text or mystery that the viewer has to work out. E.g. Who is the killer? Crime/Drama. Who is the father? Soap opra's. Will they fall in love?Romcoms.
2. ACTION CODES: Prepare the audience for something that is about to happen. E.g. picking keys up= Leaving or letter through the mail box= something important has arrived.