Monday, 16 September 2013

Genre and Narrative/Macro Elements


16/9/13

Genres 

A genre is a category of media products regarded as a similar form or type. To be classified as a specific genre there has to be recognisable components within the media type.

There are a numerous amount of genres the examples of horror, comedy, science fiction, thrillers, western, muscials and romance.

Below are are some images containing key components recognised within the genre of

Romance                                                                    

  


Narrative

In regards to the story the narrative is the sequence of events; also known as the plot.
The narrative structure is the way in which events are revealed to the audience.


Linear narrative is when the sequence of events are shown in the order that they took place. 
The most popular linear is:


Non-linear structures the sequence of events revealed out of order.
An example of this would be the film slum dog millionaire that jumps back and forth to various time periods in a series of flashbacks. 


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