Narrative is a vital concept for A Level Media. We look for narratives - stories - to make sense of media texts. Everything from film and television to news and adverts relies on narrative to help audiences understand the message. There are narrative patterns and three key narrative theories we need to learn as part of our introduction to A Level Media. The notes as a reminder: Narrative patterns Linear Pattern : progresses forward towards a resolution - Beginning, Middle and End. Multi-strand Narrative : popular in broadcast TV (e.g. soaps) and film. Involves more than one narrative running parallel involving different characters and locations. Documentary narrative : this may revolve round a central theme (e.g. troublesome neighbours) or group of people. Long-running TV series such as Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad have one major overarching narrative and lots of mini-narratives. The overarc...
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