Narrative Theory
Tim O’sullivan et al once stated that all media texts tell us some kind of story through a narrative, a story that almost everyone who we be able to relate to. The value of the text has to represent culture because the creators and audience are in this culture, which reflects society. It should also start with the establishment of the theme or plot.
Kate Domaille states that every story can fit into one of eight narrative types; each of these types has a source an original story upon which the others are based.
1. Achilles: Fatal flaw that leads to destruction
2. Candide: Hero who cannot be put down (Indiana Jones)
3. Cinderella: Dream comes true
4. Circe: The chase
5. Faust: Selling soul to the devil
6. Opheus: The loss of something personal
7. Romeo and Juliet: Love story
8. Tristan and Iseult: Love triangle
Russian Theorist Vladimir Propp who studied the narrative structure of Russian Folk Tales states that a character can fit into one of these categories:
The Villain: struggles against the hero
The donor: prepares hero
The (magical) helper: helps the hero in the quest
The princess and her father: gives task to hero, identifies false hero, marries hero
The dispatcher: sends the hero off
The hero: weds princess, reacts to donor
False hero: takes credit for what hero does and tries to marry princess
Joseph Campbell's influential work, The Hero With A Thousand Faces developed the idea of the 'Universal Hero Monomyth'. This idea suggests that there is an underlying structure of iconography, themes, concepts and narrative structure that is common to the religious, myths and legends of almost every culture in the world. George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg were influenced by this idea and star wars was then conformed to Campbell’s model almost exactly:
Ordinary World- the world that the hero will choose (or be forced) to abandon.
Call To Adventure- a problem which arises.
Refusal Of The Call- fear or reluctance may strike the hero.
Meeting With The Mentor- the mentor is a key character.
Crossing The First Threshold- the hero commits to the adventure.
Test, Allies, Enemies- the hero must learn the rules.
Approach To The Innermost Cave- the most dangerous confrontation yet.
Ordeal- the hero must face his fear or enemy who will seem more powerful.
Reward (Seizing The Sword)- The hero can celebrate the victory.
The Road Back- vengeful forces controlled by the Villain are unleashed.
Resurrection- final confrontation with death.
Return With The Elixir- the return to the ordinary world with some more wisdom, knowledge or something else gained from the adventure.
Michael Shore argues that music videos are:
recycled styles … surface without substance …simulated experience … information overload … image and style scavengers … ambivalence … decadence … immediate gratification …vanity and the moment … image assaults and outré folks … the death of content …anesthetization of violence thorough chic …adolescent male fantasies … speed, power, girls and wealth … album art come to turgid life … classical storytelling’s motifs.
Music video structure
Performance clip
Narrative clip
Art clip
Performance clip
If a music video consists of mainly filmed performance then it makes it a performance clip.
A common place used is a recording studio, but a performance can take place absolutely anywhere.
The performance can be split into three types:
Song performance
Dance performance
Instrumental performance
Some videos even use more than one of these.
Narrative clip
A narrative clip is almost a short film, to a song. It contains a visual story that is easy to follow through out.
Art/abstract clip
An art clip doesn't use lip synching, or performance, or a narrative, it is simply art form.
As my music video is a mixture of Narrative as well as Performance some of these idea's relate to my own idea's. I think that these narrative idea's relate to Kate Domaille's theory the most and will contain aspects of Romeo and Juiliet and Opheus. On the other hand as performance types are split into three the peformonces I am going to shoot will be under the categories of song performance and instrumental performance.
Tim O’sullivan et al once stated that all media texts tell us some kind of story through a narrative, a story that almost everyone who we be able to relate to. The value of the text has to represent culture because the creators and audience are in this culture, which reflects society. It should also start with the establishment of the theme or plot.
Kate Domaille states that every story can fit into one of eight narrative types; each of these types has a source an original story upon which the others are based.
1. Achilles: Fatal flaw that leads to destruction
2. Candide: Hero who cannot be put down (Indiana Jones)
3. Cinderella: Dream comes true
4. Circe: The chase
5. Faust: Selling soul to the devil
6. Opheus: The loss of something personal
7. Romeo and Juliet: Love story
8. Tristan and Iseult: Love triangle
Russian Theorist Vladimir Propp who studied the narrative structure of Russian Folk Tales states that a character can fit into one of these categories:
The Villain: struggles against the hero
The donor: prepares hero
The (magical) helper: helps the hero in the quest
The princess and her father: gives task to hero, identifies false hero, marries hero
The dispatcher: sends the hero off
The hero: weds princess, reacts to donor
False hero: takes credit for what hero does and tries to marry princess
Joseph Campbell's influential work, The Hero With A Thousand Faces developed the idea of the 'Universal Hero Monomyth'. This idea suggests that there is an underlying structure of iconography, themes, concepts and narrative structure that is common to the religious, myths and legends of almost every culture in the world. George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg were influenced by this idea and star wars was then conformed to Campbell’s model almost exactly:
Ordinary World- the world that the hero will choose (or be forced) to abandon.
Call To Adventure- a problem which arises.
Refusal Of The Call- fear or reluctance may strike the hero.
Meeting With The Mentor- the mentor is a key character.
Crossing The First Threshold- the hero commits to the adventure.
Test, Allies, Enemies- the hero must learn the rules.
Approach To The Innermost Cave- the most dangerous confrontation yet.
Ordeal- the hero must face his fear or enemy who will seem more powerful.
Reward (Seizing The Sword)- The hero can celebrate the victory.
The Road Back- vengeful forces controlled by the Villain are unleashed.
Resurrection- final confrontation with death.
Return With The Elixir- the return to the ordinary world with some more wisdom, knowledge or something else gained from the adventure.
Michael Shore argues that music videos are:
recycled styles … surface without substance …simulated experience … information overload … image and style scavengers … ambivalence … decadence … immediate gratification …vanity and the moment … image assaults and outré folks … the death of content …anesthetization of violence thorough chic …adolescent male fantasies … speed, power, girls and wealth … album art come to turgid life … classical storytelling’s motifs.
Music video structure
Performance clip
Narrative clip
Art clip
Performance clip
If a music video consists of mainly filmed performance then it makes it a performance clip.
A common place used is a recording studio, but a performance can take place absolutely anywhere.
The performance can be split into three types:
Song performance
Dance performance
Instrumental performance
Some videos even use more than one of these.
Narrative clip
A narrative clip is almost a short film, to a song. It contains a visual story that is easy to follow through out.
Art/abstract clip
An art clip doesn't use lip synching, or performance, or a narrative, it is simply art form.
As my music video is a mixture of Narrative as well as Performance some of these idea's relate to my own idea's. I think that these narrative idea's relate to Kate Domaille's theory the most and will contain aspects of Romeo and Juiliet and Opheus. On the other hand as performance types are split into three the peformonces I am going to shoot will be under the categories of song performance and instrumental performance.
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