Narrative Theory

In this post I am going to illustrate how we are going to use narrative theory in our music video. In our video Levi Strauss's theory on binary oppositions is very relevant to what we are doing, as it shows difference which is important in our video. What will be used in our video is this idea of "rich and poor" and this will be illustrated in the video when the circus group is busking to get money and the richer people are throwing money at them.

We will also use "love & hate" in the video and this will be shown through the clown trying to get a girlfriend and not succeeding.

Using Barthes five different codes I have been able to identify two out of the five that relate to our music video. First the symbolic code, which is all about the audience assuming something about someone a bit like stereotyping. For example in our music video people will assume that the clowns don't fit in because they are different.

Todorov's theory is that in media text there are five different stages. Original equilibrium (normality), disruption, recognition, attempt to restore and new equilibrium. Not all these stages link to our storyboard such as the original and new equilibrium as we don't see the circus as it was before it got closed down and we don't see the stage where all there problems are sorted out. However there is a disruption in our story (circus closing down) and the circus performers attempt to restore what has happened by going in to society and trying various things e.g. working, making friends and driving. None of these things will help to get there circus back but its more about restoring themselves and finding happiness else where.