Explain how you used conventional or experimental narrative approaches in one of your production pieces

Explain how you used conventional or experimental narrative approaches in one of your production pieces

In this essay I am going to discuss theories of narrative for my production piece, psyche. I began my research by analysing real media text to strengthen my knowledge of the convention needed to make a thriller opening. I did this by analysing different thriller openings using the points Todorov and Propps said in what a thriller should have in order to have a narrative perspective. I used this to analyse the film “Casino Royal”. In order to build a narrative Propp said there is usually all or most of these types of roles within a film. These are a hero, a helper, a princess, a dispatcher, the villain and the donor. As we only created an opening sequence we insured that we were able to develop a narrative which could later continue in our thriller opening. We also took in consideration Todorov idea of Equilibrium, Disruption, Recognition, attempt to repair disruption, and a return or restoration of new equilibrium. We wanted to create these things so it could be clearly seen that there was some narrative evolved in our thriller.

After analysing Casino Royal, we found out that it had most of the conventions stated by propp and todorov. It clearly had an equilibrium which then set of a disruption. This was evidential in the first opening minutes of the movie. We wanted to create a narrative which could be seen by most people but specially our target audience which was 16-25.