Narrative structure

 Narrative structure is one the most important things when it comes to any movie or TV show as it wouldn't really make sense if the story was everywhere with a lot of flash backs and flash forwards every second. So when comes down to how a movie represents itself and its story line it can make the viewer judge the movie before they have even completely watched and they are 10 minutes into it. By at least the first 20 minutes of a movie a director has to come up with an interesting ideas in how they want the viewer to keep watching on or otherwise it can be a boring and long movie to get through and most people just wants to sit down and relax when they have a stressful day. A movies is part of that entertainment we get when we have free time and this why a narrative structure should be somewhat be clear in what it’s trying to do and make the viewer even stick around to keep watching the whole movie until the very end. There are 5 narrative structure the equilibrium, disruption, recognition, repair, new equilibrium.

Equilibrium is the starting line of narrative story where everything is normal and everyone is going on about their daily lives. Everything at this point should introduce the main cast of characters.

The disruption is the opposite of the equilibrium where something is wrong and it need to be solved and things are not as they should be this also where the adventure starts. This can be when an evil antagonist appears in the movie.

The recognition is founding out the source of the problem and knows how to deal with if think of it like an equal sign in math.

The repair is resolving the problem this is the climax of a movie which can be some kind of giant battle this is also the most exciting part of the movie.

The new equilibrium is like the equilibrium but some might be different after the story has ended this is this is the new normal.



The movie that I'll be using so I can show you an example of a narrative structure is frozen an animated movie by the company Disney which was released in 8th of December 2013 and has sold over $1.219 billion at the box office and is known for being the fifth money made movie.

First of you get introduced to the main characters Elsa and Ana living about their normal daily lives as princesses this is the equilibrium. At the start of the movie you see Ana waking up her sister Elsa to play with saying “Do you wanna build a snow man?” This set up the start of the movie how everything is cheerful and happy for the start of the movie equilibrium.
Second phase would be when Ana’s and Elsa’s are playing and then by accident Elsa strikes Ana in face with her ice magic causing Ana to be unconscious. Another that Ana's and Elsa's parents die years pass by and later on Elsa loses control over her powers. This is the disruption as thing are not as they use to be and have changed because of this.