Narrative Theory A Narrative is the way in which a story is told fictional or non fictional into a sequence.

Our sequence is going to be a linear narrative with a single strand. Vladimir Propp: Is a Soviet scholar who analysed the fundamental plot components of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest narrative elements. He wrote book called the morphology and recommended that you can allocate the characters actions to decide their roles. Theyre 8 character roles which the connections between different stories. Propps 8 Character Roles are: The Hero (who seeks something) The Villain (who disputes against the hero) The Donor (who aids the Hero by giving him a magic object) The Dispatcher (Sends the Hero on his way) The False Hero (Crookedly assumes the role of being the Hero) The Helper (who helps the hero) The Princess (The bounty for the Hero, however also seeks refugee from the villain) Her father. In our short film we dont use Propps theory because it doesnt fit into our storyline as none of the character roles in Propps 8 character roles are in our short film. Tzevetan Todorov: Is a Bulgarian literary theorist, who recommended that rather frequently, most narratives would start with a state of equilibrium where everything is normal and the protagonist is happy and comfortable. However, this state might then be disrupted by an external force. This external force needs to be fought to establish the state of equilibrium and maintain it which is then known as the new equilibrium.

Equilibrium ------------ Disequilibrium ------------ New Equilibrium Equilibrium Jas is at home enjoying a conversation with a random man (Sunjay). Disequilibrium: There is no external force. Roland Barthes: Is a French semiologist who claimed that a narrative function by using the means of five different codes which encourages the audience to try making sense of the narrative. Barthes Codes Are: 1) Action - A narrative device by which a decision is generated through action, e.g. a fight. 2) Enigma - A narrative device aggravates the audience by showing a puzzle or riddle to be answered. Its functions to set back the storys ending happily. 3) Symbolic - (connotation) 4) Semi - (denotation) 5) Cultural - A narrative device which the audience can identify being part of a culture.

We used Barthes Cultural code because our audience will be to relate to the narrative as some people in our culture do use social networking sites and dating websites. Claude Levi-Strauss: