Narrative

After researching about narrative I was shown different theories concerning the structure of the narrative.

Tzvetan Todorov gave the idea that conventional narratives are composed of five stages: a state of equilibrium at the outset, a disruption of the equilibrium by some action, a recognition that there has been a disruption, an attempt to repair the disruption and a reinstatement of the equilibrium.

The narrative of most music videos is kept short and consists of many shots being edited together. This would be because the song averaging from 2:30 and 4mins does not give the artist enough time to tell the whole story, however there are music videos such as Lady GaGa's- Papparazzi which has an extended narrative opening with no music.



Because my music video is based on a strong narrative I am going to have a brief narrative at the beginning of my video with no music, however this is hardly going to be long as all the narrative will be explaining that the main character is under going an exam. This will be followed by a short narrative at the end which I hope will give a sad and emotional edge to the video.