Narrative Group Work

CONVENTIONAL SET PIECES (regular parts of the story)	Cuffs Example	The Avengers Example
SOCIAL REALIST LOCATIONS	Supermarket	Little Baysley
INVESTIGATIONS	Nathan	The town
PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONED	Mother of young child	Brother Tom
FIST FIGHTS	Ryan vs Racist man	Peel vs Women
CAR/POLICE CHASES	Going to arrest robbers
ARREST IS MADE	Polish lady	The Spies
SUSPECT QUESTIONED	Father of young girl	Teacher
SUSPECT CONFESSES OR GOES TO TRIAL IN A COURTROOM
ENIGMA AND SUSPENSE – Enigma means “mystery” and is a phrase used by a man called Roland Barthes.  He thinks that a good story should involve a lot of “enigma” and suspense to keep the audience guessing about what happened and who did it.  So TV Crime Dramas often include lots of “unanswered questions” such as who did it?  Why?  How?  Enigma and suspense are important in crime dramas because: They provide suspense for the audience and reason to continue watching which engages the viewer.	We don't know what happened with Joe and the superint-endent If justice was served If Peel and Steed are  together Where everyone in the town went to
RED HERRINGS – Red Herring is a phrase used to describe a clue that leads the hero to temporarily make the wrong conclusion about who is guilty.  For example a fingerprint might make the police think a particular person committed the crime for a while but actually it was someone else and this becomes clear later on.  A red herring is important because: It throws the viewer off to think something which is false that then makes them annoyed when they find out so next time they pay more attention thus creating suspense. It throws the viewer off to believe a false conclusion, the viewer may be unaware that it is a false conclusion creating suspense and a new twist to the story line.	Finds the man who stole the daughter yet lets him off as they didn't realise it was him until he left	They think the teachers are good but they are actually bad
CLIFFHANGERS – When something exciting is about to happen and before it does, the show suddenly goes to an advert break or the episode ends and you have to wait till after the break or until the next episode to find out what is going to happen Some shows include cliffhangers at the end because:  Shows with cliff hangers make the audience tense and make them want to know whats going to happen next in future series/ episodes.	Indian man in hospital- we want to know whats going to happen to him in the next episode	I
BINARY OPPOSITIONS – a phrase used by a theorist called Levi-Strauss.  Binary Oppositions means “two things that are total opposites but are linked in some way”.  For example, he thinks stories are filled with binary oppositions of themes such as Good vs Evil.  These themes can be seen as central to every tv crime drama.	police vs criminals	good spy vs bad spy
NATURALISTIC MISE-EN-SCENE (PROPS, COSTUMES ETC…)	police uniform  hand cuffs	steel hat and umbrella  Posh clothes (suite)
THEMES OF RIVALRY/ TEAMWORK, TRUST/BETRAYAL	Police men	Steed and peel working together to find out the bad people
Conflicts between working life and private life	Jake at the end with mum who has cancel