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Narrative - Coggle Diagram
Narrative
Realist Narrative - when an advert could happen in real life, as opposed to something unrealistic that is completely made up of special effects.
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Cons
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It wouldn't be able to be shown as widely, as it'd have to be shown after watershed, and would get taken down if it was posted on social media.
Linear Narrative - The most common form of narration, where events are largely portrayed in a chronological order, that is, telling the events in the order in which they occurred.
Pros
It's quicker to convey a story in chronological order, as I don't have to think about which part of the storyline goes where and whether it fits in that place. Instead all I have to focus on is the storyline its-self and whether it works.
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Cons
People generally stick to a linear narrative, so it can be quite boring.
Ensemble Narrative - A story with an ensemble cast is pretty much a story with multiple protagonists: each character of the “main cast” gives a significant contribution to the narrative, they have roughly an equal amount of importance and each can influence the other's journey through the story.
Pros
I can convey all five of the fatal five, using different people.
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Parallel Narrative - Equally important storylines, sometimes running together, but not necessarily in the same time frame, often linked
Pros
I could show a dad reckless driving, him dying, with clips of the child eating breakfast mixed in, then after the dad dies, the mother answers the door to the police, and finds out the dad died.
It can add different people's perspectives, and the aftermath of what could've happened on the road accident.
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Nonlinear Narrative - A nonlinear narrative is a narration technique portraying events in a story out of chronological order, such that the relationship among the events does not follow the original causality sequence.
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Cons
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It can make the film too busy and jumpy, as it's very easy to make the film jump too often, especially when there's only a short amount of time to work with.
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Tandem Narrative - Equally important storylines running together in tandem in the same time frame on the same theme
Pros
I could convey what happens when the person chose to e.g. drink drive, and then what happens if the person doesn't, showing the viewer that they do have a choice.
Cons
By using a tandem narrative, I could end up rushing the film so that it fits in 30 seconds, and ending up making It not work, rather than taking my time on one interesting storyline.
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