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This radio drama script introduces the two main characters, a man referred to as "him" and a woman referred to as "her". Over the first five scenes, their individual relationships with paper are explored. The narrative structure follows Roland Barthes' symbolic code theory, associating various connotations with paper. While it is labeled as a BBC radio drama, indicating the genre is drama, the use of the characters "him" and "her" suggests an underlying theme of romance. The target audience is intended to be both male and female adults aged 18+ who have free time in the afternoon to listen to the radio, particularly those interested in discovery.
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Narrative theory
This document discusses various theories of narrative, including definitions, theorists, and concepts. It defines narrative as a chain of events organized in a causal relationship with a beginning, middle, and end. Theorists discussed include Branigan, Propp, Barthes, Levi-Strauss, and others. Branigan views narrative as embodying a judgment about events. Propp identified character archetypes. Barthes identified five codes that help readers make sense of narratives. Levi-Strauss examined how stories reflect a culture's values and beliefs through binary oppositions. The document also discusses postmodern narratives and concepts like pastiche and intertextuality.
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conventions / structural edicts of Aristotle are known as:
a) Classical Renaissance
b) The Satyr of Structure
c) Neoclassicism
d) Aristocratic Acronyms
2) One of the first writers to be considered a critic of plays was
a) Plato
b) Novick
c) Socrates
d) Aristotle
3) What poular medium most effectively and completely creates the appearance or illusion of
realism?
a) Theatre
b) Film
c) Music
d) Dance
4) The reason that a character gets out of bed each day, her reason for being, can be described by
her:
a) Hamartia
b) Hybris
c) Super-Objective
d) Epitatis
5) The fourth wall
a) was not a concept that came into prominence until the advent of Realism in the 19th century.
b) is another way of saying “The Domestic Press”.
c) is the space, within the proscenium arch, through which the audience watches the action but
through which the characters cannot see.
d) A and C
6) When we discuss a show\'s theatricality, we are talking about bridging the distance between
the represented and the real with creative solutions that:
a)
Do not pretend the distance doesn\'t exist and
b)
Use that distance as on opportunity to build an additional layer of meaning into the production
c)
Help to define and articulate THEME
d)
Create realistic, believable spectacle
e)
A, B, and C
7) All of the following are true of Tragedy except:
a)
Involves a character of nobility or in a position of prestige or power
b)
The protagonist is shown to have Hamartia or “ a tragic flaw”
c)
We exercise empathy for the protagonist and experience Katharsis as a result
d)
The “Alienation” or “Distancing” Effect is used to remind the audience that this is a
play and there is a lesson to be learned
e)
The Protagonist shows “per-severance” in the face of great tragedy and, as such,
changes the world for the better.
8) Three kinds of religious plays in Medieval Europe were Mystery Plays,
______________________, and _____________________.
a)
Comedies and Tragedies.
b)
Satyrs and Satires.
c)
Achrnological and Chronological.
d)
Miracle Plays and Morality Plays
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a)
An understanding that our creativity comes from without, not from within.
b)
Freeing ourselves from the anxiety associated with the unrealistic need to be unique.
c)
An appreciation of the fact that all artistic endeavors involve some kind of copying and
repurposing.
d)
All of the above.
10) An analogue experience is one in which we comit to the whole, from begining to end and
through the good and bad.
a) True
b) False
11) A digital experience is one that is infinitely customizeable and responds to our moment-to-
moment whims.
a) True
b) False
12) The terms Representational and Presentational are useful, consistent ways of defining the the
performative nature of an actor\'s skill.
a) True
b) False
13) \"The Method\" refers to Stanisalvski\'s Psycho Technique, a codified system for acting born
of.
Comics narrative coursework
This document provides an overview of key concepts for analyzing comic book narratives, including:
1) It discusses three common narrative theories - Vladimir Propp's character archetypes, Tzvetan Todorov's three-stage model of equilibrium, disruption, and resolution, and Claude Levi-Strauss' concept of binary oppositions. Students are instructed to apply these theories to comic examples.
2) It also covers comic-specific terminology like panels, speech bubbles, and captions. Students are asked to identify these elements in sample comics.
3) Additional topics covered include analyzing representations of gender, developing original superhero characters, and converting a novel excerpt into comic format while maintaining the core narrative.
Section a narrative theories
Narrative theory analyzes how media texts communicate meaning through stories. A narrative is defined as a chain of events with a beginning, middle, and end that follows a cause-and-effect relationship. Narrative theorists like Branigan and Propp analyzed how narratives embody ideologies and include character archetypes. Barthes identified five codes that help readers make sense of narratives, including action, referential, symbolic, and enigma codes. Levi-Strauss examined how stories reflect a culture's values through binary oppositions. Postmodern narratives are characterized by nonlinearity, self-reflexivity, and pastiche.
Script analysis
This scene from The Handmaid's Tale TV series opens with a flashback of the handmaids chanting while being shocked by Aunt Lydia. It then transitions to the present where Offred directly addresses the audience while being transported in a black van. When the van arrives at its destination, Offred is taken out and sees that many more handmaids have been captured, causing her hope to disintegrate. The script follows some narrative and genre conventions of dystopian drama through its flashback structure, tension-building introduction of the antagonist, and use of a strong female protagonist. The target audience is predominantly female ages 15+ who can relate to Offred and the themes explored.
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