Narrative:

Diegesis

The internal world created by the story that the characters themselves experience and encounter.

Story and plot

Story – all events referenced both explicitly in a narrative and inferred (including backstory as well as those projected beyond the action)

Plot – the events directly incorporated into the action of the text and the order in which they are presented

Narrative Range

Unrestricted narration – A narrative which has no limits to the information that is presented i.e. a news bulletin.

Restricted narration – only offers minimal information regarding the narrative i.e. thrillers

Narrative Depth

Subjective character identification – the viewer is given unique access to what a range of characters see and do

Objective character identification – the viewer is given unique access to a character’s point of view such as seeing things from the character’s mind, dreams,

fantasies or memories.

Propp's Character Theory

Propp argued that stories are character driven and that plots develop from the decisions and actions of characters and how they function in a story. He claimed characters could be classified into certain roles that progress a story.

 

• The Hero. 
• The Helper. 
• The Villain.
• The False Hero. 
• The Donor. 
• The Dispatcher. 
• The Princess.
• The Princess's Father.

Levi-Strauss-

Argued that meaning in narrative is based upon binary oppositions. He observed that all narratives are organised around the conflict between such binary oppositions.

• Good vs Evil
• Human vs Nature
• Black vs white
• Protagonist vs antagonist
• Humanity vs technology
• Man vs Woman
• Human vs Alien

1. In Paper man the main character would be the man that we first see and we follow primarily throughout the short film as his actions create the plot of the film. The Helpers would be the paper planes as they help the main character to his goal. The villain would be the boss as he presents an obstacle that the hero has to overcome to fulfil his final goal or get to the princess being the

2. Equilibrium- In the start the two characters are going about there typical daily actions (travelling to work)

Disequilibrium- This is when the man meets the woman for the first time

Recognition- Is when he realises that he loves her as she is leaving on the train

Repair- He sees the woman again across the road from his work building and attempts to throw paper planes across the gap to get her attention.

Restoration- Is when they meet again at the train station and feel a connection.