Tzventan Todorov Narrative Theory

Well the diagram above shows the theory in a simple way.
Tzventan Torodov was a Franco-Bulgarian structural linguistic philosopher who came up with the idea on how narrative and stories should be structured and gave a way of defining it.
 So basically the theory is came across in 1969 which would be related to any film or narrative. He believed that every film or any type of narrative followed the same structure and pattern. So the pattern was the following stages:

1. Equilibrium (This is basically everything the way it should be, happy etc)
2. Disequilibrium ( A problem is slowly being introduced and the equilibrium is slowly going)
3. Acknowledgement (The problem as accrued and there is no equilibrium)
4. Solving (The problem is being solved and equilibrium is slowly appearing again)
5. Equilibrium (Something new has started)

So this is what it shown in the graph it can be like a cycle starting with Equilibrium and ending back on Equilibrium.

So this can happen is a lot of movies a series for example:

Task 1

Single Camera Productions- A mode of production where one camera operates at a time and shots are done in the most economically efficient order. So whats the shot has started the camera won't move which means that the actor/ actress must stay in the frame.

Advantages are:
Easy To Record
Less time consuming because they won't need to look at the different complicated shots such as pan.
Its cheaper because they only need one one camera for the whole production.
Its easier to correct any miss take.

Disadvantages are:
It restricted the movement on the actor or actress.
It must stay in the frame.
It takes a long time editing all the shots together.

Sci fi- The Big Bang Theory

• The have a range of different camera techniques from different angel which means that it can be a single camera production. 
• The lighting used is natural light the reason for this is that it is also a comedy which means there won't be much suspense or dramatic scene as much as a Crime series. 
• Their are many different and a wide range of camera shots from close up, to mid shot to long shot which all go well for this type of genre. 

Comedy- Come fly with me

• The lighting used in the program is mostly natural light however inside the airport they might use a bit of lighting to make it more clear. 
• The camera angles used a wide range of different camera techniques. 
• The use diegestic and Non-diegestic sounds, the is because they have someone talking who you can see and a narrative. 

Crime
CSI: Miami (4)

Sound
The sound used are non-diegetic sounds that are included within the scene and it included background music tracks to create emphasis on the situation created and to show a more dramatic or shock event. It includes dramatic music to build suspense and fast music to create excitement in action scenes.

Lighting
The lighting used is darker and mainly back and filler lights. This is because it will create tension and suspense, which is the type of emotion they wish to portray in a crime series. 

Camera angles
The camera angles used are close-ups and mid shots to show the emotion of the scene to the audience. As a series with a genre of crime these shots will be done to create that emotion of what has shown in the scene.


Single Stand Narrative
This is when the narrative will be based on one character for the entire movie or series. So its just their point of view.
For example:
Spider man
IronMan
Bruce Almighty

Multi-Stand Narrative 
So this will be the opposite of single stand narrative, multi-stand narrative will focus on a wide range of different characters and maybe in some cases different stories. Telling a story from more then one persons point of view or two stories of two different people that will come together and intertwine.
For example:
XMen
Friends
Linear- straight to the point and might follow a simple rule or strategy. For example: Beginning Middle and End.
Non-linear- this can use the narrative starting from the end and showing flash backs and changing the scene and structure that is usually used Beginning Middle and End.