Different Types of Narratives - P1.

When it comes to stories in media such as TV, radio and documentary films. There's a range of different narratives & structures in their stories:

1. Circular - This story structure starts with an ending and then reverts back to the beginning of the story, and then progresses back to the end of the story to show the view, how the story got to this outcome. For example: Hoodwinked

2. Linear - Events occur in Chronological order. For example: Back to the future.

3. Episodic - Events are split into bit size pieces, that are contained in wider narrative archs which are used to tell stores over multiple episodes. For example: Bad Time at the El Royale.

4. Non-Liner - Where events are not in order and the view must piece them together for the story to be revealed i.e. Dunkirk

Every narrative type has different focuses on their users. Some make them obvious that the stories are linked, whereas some don't make them obvious at all and usually only have hints. This can be shown by Pulp Fiction where it's multiple stories into one and then they soon relate to each other to reveal the starting scene. This is a good way to tell the story because it reels the viewer in before they actually view the movie.

Two more narrative styles include single stranded and multi stranded. These are how the stories narrative flows.

Single stranded: This is a narrative that follows a main character or protagonist even if there is an antagonist who disrupts the equilibrium. An example of this is in Black Panther, you follow the protagonist in his efforts to defeat the antagonist.

Multi stranded: This is where multiple stories take place at once. This can be shown by Hoodwinked, which takes the stories of all the characters in the movie and puts them all together at the end instead. These all take place at the same time, but in different locations.