Group Narrative - Miss Georgiou

A narrative is any account of connected events presented to a reader or an audience. The purpose of a narrative is to engage the audience so that they have something to follow. A narrative will consist of many elements which entice the audience such as a main character whom they will look out for, an antagonist whom they will fear etc.

My Narrative idea:
My narrative will start off in an empty forest at night. A young female will be walking home from a night out with her friends, she will then feel as if she is being followed by someone. Tense music will then be played to create suspense. After attempting to reassure herself that no one is following her she hurry's on home, at this moment she hears a creepy laugh come from the darkness, she then begins to hurry home even faster until she hears footsteps behind her. (The camera will go into handheld POV mode as she attempts to escape.)

My narrative follows Aristotle's theory as it focuses on themes used throughout. For example we have an inciting incident at the beginning and also sympathy for the victim. The opening sequence also contains some of Todorov's theory, as we have an disequilibrium as she is kidnapped. 


Advantages:

• Has a female victim.
• Low key lighting can be portrayed.
• The antagonist is a clown so hidden identity is used.

Disadvantages:

• No ending so far.
• May be a bit short.

Joe's narrative:

Young (12 years) Boy walking through posh estate at night, face is shadowed and a series of high angle shots of him walking his way down the path with eery music playing as he goes. The opening credits flash in and out of the screen, moving and flashing slightly to imitate the impression of mystery, suspense and fear, much like the opening credits in Seven which is seen bellow. Out of nowhere several people wearing masks appear and begin to chase him. He is forced to run into the forest where he falls over and hears laughter come from several directions. He screams loud and then the screen blacks out.

Advantages:

• Has hidden identity.
• Has a chase scene.
• Has tense music.

Disadvantages:

• Does not follow any theories that well.
• Audience is not connected to the victim. 

Reggie's narrative:

A young blonde female wakes up in a basement and sees the door open and she walks upstairs, while exploring the house that she has never seen before a series of different angles and camera movements are used to create suspense and fear. She hears more and more eerie, strange noises around the house, she tries to exit through the front door but it is locked. As she looks around for another way out she walks into a room to find a man wearing a hoodie and holding a knife sitting on the bed, without saying anything the man stands up and begins to walk towards her, she turns round to run away and in the chaos while suspenseful music is playing, she runs into a room and slams the door. The screen goes black and all sound stops.

Advantages:

• A conventional female victim.
• There is a hidden identity.
• Low key lighting can be incorporated.
• Iconography - knife.

Disadvantages:

• Does not closely associate itself with any theories.
• No audience-character relationship is built

Group Narrative:

A young female is saying goodbye to her friends after a night out on Halloween. She is walking on her lonely walk home and tells her Mum that she will be home soon. On her way home she is hearing creepy noises from the darkness. As she passes through the underground car park a out of focus figure comes into shot. Then she turns around but nothing is there, she then starts to hear the creepy laughter of a clown, this is when tense and creepy music comes on. She then turns around to see a person standing with a clown mask on and holding a knife. At this point she begins to run and the camera goes into handheld. Then the screaming stops and we see her being dragged into a bush. This is when the film title comes up. This narrative would appeal to my target audience as it features a young female victim whom they can relate to.

Theory:

Vladimir Propp was a russian film critic who came to the conclusion that characters and function are the most important features in a narrative, such as a hero, a villain, a falso hero etc.

Todorov suggested that a narrative has five structural stages,

1. a state of equilibrium at the outset
2. a disruption of equilibrium
3. a recognition of this disruption
4. an attempt to repair this disruption
5. back to the equilibrium

Aristotle used unities of time, place and action to describe his narrative theory. He basically concluded that a tragedy would include, an inciting incident, dramatic question, character goal, resolution and goal. 

Our group narrative is based on Aristotles narrative theory as it has an inciting incident, this is when the girl begins to be chased by the antagonist, this is something that entices the audience. There is also a dramatic question in our group narrative, this is as to who the antagonist is and why he's kidnapped her.