Narrative and Characters

Five narraitve stages are:
-Equilibrium
-disruption
-complication
-Resolution
-New equilibrium


Jaws


E=Everyone is happy, people onthe beach, sun bathing, preparing for 4th of july.
D=They find a dead body, it had been eaten by a shark. everyone panicked.
C=Do they keep the beach open?, Will more people die?, Do they kill the shark?, this leads to...
R=Decide they will keep the beach open and go out and capture the shark, kill it, and hire a shark killer.
NE=Shark is killed, shark hunter is killed, everything goes back to normal, however things have changed because of the shark being around and all the deaths occuring. this leads to new equilibrium.

Five haracters who always appear in film:
-The hero=The one who saves the day
-The villain=The evil one who causes the disruption
-The helper=The person who helps the hero on their quest
-The victim=At the mercy of the villain
-The donor=Someone who has somthing special which will help the hero.

For an example of these characters is in Harry Potter the prisoner of askarban= Harry Potter the hero, the hlepers= Hermiony and Ron, The donor= Dumbledore, the Villain=Voldamort, The victim= serious black.