Conventions of Narrative

Plot and Narrative Structure
Plot : Exposition - development, climax, resolution and turning account. The development of tension, suspension and conflict.
Structure - The order that events are revealed. Structure can be flashback, flash forward, chronological, circular, foreshadowing and a final twist.

Characterisation
Identify the protagonist, antagonist, mean character(s), minor character, the other construction of character through: point of view, description, speech/dialogue, thoughts, action, symbolism, stereotypes, representation of identities, attitudes, values and ideologies through character.

Setting
Time, place, atmosphere, setting as a representation of a society constructed through description, symbolism, imagery allusion/references.

Theme
Central ideas/issues explored in the text.

Narrative Point of View
Narrative point of view is the relationship between the reader and narrator which determines the distance. First, second and third person omniscient.

Language, style and tone
Style - The way something is said, for example formal, informal, slang, etc.
Tone - Tone refers to the mood and attitude within the text, for example sarcasm, questioning, angry, etc.
Style and tone is created through the use of language and language devices.

There are four theorists in which have different concepts on narrative:

Tzvetan Todorov

Vladimir Propp

Roland Bathes

Claude Levi-Strauss

Tzvetan Todorov

Vladimir Propp

Roland Bathes

Claude Levi-Strauss

'Stalker' - Naming our Thriller

Finding a name to call our thriller was quite a challenge. The problem in our group wasn't coming up with names, because in fact we all had ideas of names that the film could have been called; the problem was that we didn't agree an the names that we brought to mind. If one liked a name, then the other wouldn't and so on. In the end we ended up calling the film 'Stalker', which I'm glad to say I came up with the name of and for the film name, we had a creative epiphany. We decided as a team that in the name 'Stalker' we would have a man who is red, which represents blood, hiding behind the letter 'L', to have a have a kind of mystery/psychotic effect.
So in the end even though we had difficulties finding a name for the film, in the end Stalker was the name which was straight to the point and made the audience know what the film was about.