Vladimir Propp - His theory was that he felt that certain characters within the TV industry had key roles and functions for example in nearly every single film there will be some kind of protagonist and antagonist and many other characters along the way to show different personalities and how they affect the audience.
Levi-Strauss - He believed in 'Binary Opposition' practically speaking Good Vs. Evil.
Todorov - This Gentlemen believed that all films should have clear 'beginning, middle and an end (equilibrium)
Barthes - His theory was the 'Enigma code' this is the particular scenes within a TV program or film that gives the audience a clue on what is approaching within the show, for example if a gun is shown to the audience we immediately can recognise that something bad is around the corner.
Within TV programs including Soaps and films there are two such films called narratives and there are open ones and closed ones these differ within the show being presented to us at that specific time and place.
- Open narrative is a continuous story line within the drama the audience is watching. This could be a follow on to a film. Or a story line about some certain characters within a soap that is an ongoing scenario.
- Closed narrative however is completely different and this is were the brief story line stops. for example one film with no follow on. And for example if someone made a cuppa tea within a soap.
- However there is one more narrative that occasionally happens for a Soap for example to continue its ongoing life smoothly. These are called multi-stranded narratives, this is were different story lines start after another one finishes or intertwines with one another.
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