Narrative Theory

Make sure you have four separate posts summarising the key narrative theorists below:

Vladimir Propp - Russian theorist of folk tales
Tsvetan Todorov- Bulgarian structuralist
Roland Barthes - French semiotician
Claude Levi Strauss - French anthropologist

Now apply all 4 to a mainstream movie of your choice.

eg.

G324 - Advanced Portfolio Task Brief

Your task is to create:

"1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options: 

1. • a website homepage for the band;
2. • a digipak for the album’s release;
3. • a magazine advertisement for the digipak."

Your artist, album, and video will need to be original and created by you. You can choose a song from the following playlist (TBC) for your promo video (but remember you are planning the release and promotion of an entire album.)






A digipak is a certain type of cardboard packaging for a physical release of a CD. They look like this:



They can have four, six, or even eight panels. Here are some templates for them: http://www.oasiscd.com/graphics/templates-digipak.asp


GETTING STARTED:

The first thing you need to do is research existing artists and see how they present a coherent identity across their videos, websites, digipaks, and start researching these specific items. See this post for more info.





Vladimir Propp - Narrative Theory

Using the powerpoint attached apply Propp's theory to a film, television show or video game of your choice.

Vladimir Propp's Theory

YOUR TASK:

See how many of the 8 character types and how many of Propp's NARRATEMES (there are 31 in total) you can identify in the media product you chose.

Propp's 31 Narratemes

Andrew Goodwin

Find examples from music videos to illustrate all of Andrew Goodwin's theories.

Post these on your Coursework Blog G324.

Powerpoint on Goodwin's Theories

Music Video Prelim Task

THE RULES: 

Groups: Up to 4

Costumes: At least three costume changes.

Locations: At least three location changes.

Editing: At least fifteen cuts.

Length: 30secs

SONG CHOICES:

1) ZARA LARSSON - LUSH LIFE 1:47 - 2:17


2)  JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - CAN'T STOP THE FEELING 0:25 - 0:55
  

MP3 DOWNLOADS OF THE CLIPS (FOR EDITING)

Zara Larsson

Justin Timberlake

Types of music videos: - Homework

Your homework task is to; 

Using your class notes, write up a detailed explanation of what the following types of music videos are, on your coursework blog.

1) Performance
2) Narrative 
3) Conceptual 

For each type you need to find 2 examples (we haven't seen in class) that fit, or partially fit, this definition. 

Due Monday (12V) / Tuesday (12Z)

Here are some for reference; 

PERFORMANCE: 

 

NARRATIVE







CONCEPTUAL

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