Group narrative- Miss Georgiou

A narrative is a theme for a film sequence, a narrative can be organised to fit a specific theme for each film, and the narrative is the main idea the film is made around. The purpose of a narrative is to create an engaging entertaining experience for the viewer that will grab the viewer attention some narratives are used for different purposes and used on different themes in particular ways. They contain various characters, dialogue and also descriptive language. Themes for narratives change for what genre the films are, for example thriller films uses codes and conventions and narrative theory's to be suspenseful and stick to the thriller genre.

Our group discussed our individual ideas by looking at each others blogs on narrative ideas and conferred with each other to get more better ideas.
My idea.- In an empty are at night time the long shot shows a group of teenagers that are trying to hurt an old man that's on his own, the camera then shows a close up of the 'villain' in a mask, he is angry at what he is seeing happen to the old man, so as he comes out of the shadows he shouts over to the group of teenagers to stop. The camera shows the reaction of the old man as he is on the floor with tears rolling down his face, the camera then cuts to the leader of the group who is laughing at the 'villain' who is walking slowly towards them. As the man gets to the group there is silence until the 'villain' shouts at the group of teenagers who are standing there surprised at what is happening, the villain then helps the old man stand up, he then tells him to leave, the man is seen to be limping home as he is holding is arm in pain. Some of the teenagers begin to walk away as they are laughing but the leader of the group stays and the masked villain then whispers to him, 'there will be consequences'. That is all that is said, he looks scared and he turns away and sprints off, the rest of the group follow him shortly after. There is a long shot that focuses on the masked villain standing on his own in the middle of the street in darkness. The next shot is of an abandoned wear house, where the masked villain is sitting alone sharpening his saw, the shot after is of the group of teenagers from the previous night, they are all laid on the floor with their Mouthes taped shut and their legs and arms tied together, one or two of them are crying. The final shot is of the masked villain slowly walking in their direction, and he whispers in the same teenagers ear, 'what did I tell you'.
Harry Hyett. - The story line of his scene is typical of most thriller films such as Scream, The Strangers and films alike. The Killer can be seen in the distance following the victim but barely seen so that it is not obvious to the victim. Killer comes into focus under a light to create a sudden shock to the audience and disappears quickly again. To create this light from lamppost can be used as they are a light source and shadows to hide the killer. It becomes apparent to the audience what is going to happen as they can see the killer gaining on the victim. The victim can be killed or just knocked out as the killer maybe torturing victims so either a knife to kill or some form of cloth with some liquid to knock the victim out when en-haled. In addition the victim doesn't need to be killed as the ending of the scene could just be a reaction shot. Although its typical of most thriller films for the victim to be killed. 

Hannah Mahoney- Its late at night and a little girl around 10 years old is playing with her dolly's in her bedroom. The lighting is low key and her room is set in an old fashion room. She hears someone singing downstairs so she goes downstairs to see what it is. We see a close up of her face and see her slowly walking down the stairs and see how nervous she is as she trembles. Scary non diagetic soundtrack playing in the background as she is walking down the stairs to create suspense and build tension. As she reaches the bottom of the stairs we see the hallway and the chandelier is swinging. We hear the diagetic sound of her footsteps and the floor squeaking as she walks along. The sound of someone singing varies in sound goes loud and quiet. She walks into the kitchen and in the corner of her eye sees a scary little girl in a white long night gown who is quite dirty and is singing and crying. She slowly walks over to the little girl and the background soundtrack starts to get faster and louder. As she reaches the crying female actress she puts her hand out to touch her. As she does the music stops and the crying girl looks up and we see an extreme close up of her face as she screams.

Narrative theory.
There are three main narrative theory's. 
Vladimir Propp theory is that every narrative has to have a specific list of characters as they have a narrative function and they provide a structure for the text. This list of characters the theory suggests is The Hero, The Villain, The Donor, The Dispatcher Messager, The False Hero, The Helper,The Princess and Her Father.

Tzvetan Todorov theory is based on the idea of Equilibrium (a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced) and Disequlibiam (a loss or lack of equilibrium or stability, especially in relation to supply, demand, and prices.) The theory follows a cycle of equilibrium - disequilibrium - New disequilibrium.

Finally Aristotle suggests in his theory should have a Heading, Imctitng Incident, Dramatic Question, Character Goals, Antagonist/Protagonist, Stakes, Resolution and Sympathy/Empathy.