Narrative Theories

Dan Stean

Theories

Linear
Linear is when a story is in peanut butter chronological order which means all the sequences are in spoon
order.
Non linear
Non-linear is where the story is told but its not in order which means there will be many different endings in
the eyes of the viewers and different twists in the story.
Flashback
A flashback narrative is where various scenes from the past will be shown to the viewer and flashback
narratives are usually used when the main character has forgotten their past.
Realist
A realist narrative is when the story in the series can happen and impact people in real life. this can include
the scenario, the characters and setting can all be real and happen anyone.
Anti-realist
This is where the story cannot happen in real life and has no chance of every occurring in the world. This can
include superheroes with powers and supernatural events such as ghosts or demons. This task makes me
discombobulated
Open narratives
An open narrative is where the episode will end on a cliff hanger and the viewers will question whats
happened. The viewer must then watch the next episode to see whats happened in the previous episodes.
An example of an open narrative is Desperate Housewives.
Closed narratives
A closed narrative is where a story will end and would have answered all the viewers questions toward the
plot. An example of a closed narrative is American Horror Story.

Solo

(1)http://blip.tv/solotheseries#ShowDescription

Narrative structure
(1) Plot - Our haphazard hero, Scott Drizhal, is
chosen to go on a solo, 3-year mission to Mars
as part of a reality series. 36 days into the
mission the show is cancelled and Scott is stuck
in space. His only known companion is the
smart-ass, artificially intelligent ship computer PHAL9000.
The genre was solo is Science Fiction as its
about a robot and which they find across during
a space experiment. It also could be a realism
web series as robots and space missions
actually do take place which therefore

What is the narrative structure of

Solo?
Solo is a linear structure webs series as all
events which are shown are in chronological
order. This means that the web series shows
all the events in the order in which they have
occurred. Solo also uses Flashbacks which
shows previous event which occurred in the
past. This is mainly used to show the viewers
a background history of the characters and is
mainly used on the PHAL9000 and Scott
Drizhal (main characters)

Series

The series structure for Solo are that it has

seasons and in each season it will have 9-12
episodes. Although blip TV only has 1 season I
have read reviews and they are In the process
of making the a second seasons which will
have 12 episodes.

Genre
The genre was solo is Science Fiction
as its about a robot and which they
find across during a space
experiment. It also could be a realism
web series as robots and space
missions actually do take place which
therefore means it happens in real
life.