NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• STATUS Quo
• Pollution
• Guilt
• Redemption
• Purification

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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• STATUS Quo
• Program opens same way
• CSI, or theme music-opening montage
• Starts with normalcy each genre different

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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Pollution
• Something interesting happens
• Harmony broken
• Starts with normalcy each genre different

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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Guilt
• attempt to resolve conflict from pollution
• Comedyadds more comedy
• Dramagreater drame

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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Redemption
• conflict resolution
• soapmay add more pollution
• Dramacharacters may learn and build
• Could be end of program..Mash..The fugitive
• Comedy..may or may not learn ..repeat pollution

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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

• Purification
• happy ending..back to status quo..episodic to
  start new conflicts next week

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Stock Characters

• So many..side kick..heroplayboy..other woman
• Media Scholor James Chesebros has 5 catagories.
  For narrative and non-narrative

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Stock Characters

• Mimetic characters- one of us
• -victims in action adventure
• -sidekicks in comedy
• -commentators-anchors-reporters
• -audience members

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Stock Characters

• Ironic- Unintentionally articulates, defends, and
  represents positions inconsistent with other
  characters and known events
• -loved comedic characters
• -losers in game shows
• -dysfunctional families-Phil, Maury Povich

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Stock Characters

• Leader-Centered- Superior to avg. person in Intel
  and control of environment
• Heroes-dramas

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Stock Characters

• Mythical- Superior to everything and everybody
• God like

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