There are many different concepts of narrative in the media world. Most of the theories put forward are formed when looking at films, for this reason it is not always possible to relevantly use them when looking at music videos. Some music videos follow a very obvious narrative, whilst others have none at all. My music video falls somewhere in the middle, as while there is a clear "storyline" of the girl finding the boy there are also many un-narrative characteristics such as the lack of character development, the lip -syncing and the interlude of short clips towards the end of the music video, which have no significance to the story.
Todorov suggested that narrative follows a chain of events that lead to an equilibrium disequilibrium and equilibrium, forming the conventional narrative form of a beginning middle and end. However in my own personal production, this is not true. My music video has no equilibrium at the beginning, as it starts straight away with the girl following the boys trail, there is no real set up or perfect start. It could be said that it begins on a disequilibrium and ends on an equilibrium, as she looks for him and then in the end finds him, and it is a clear "happy ending" when you see the pair embrace in the final 10 seconds of the song, but overall this concept of narrative is not relevant to my piece.
Another theory suggested clear character roles, such as "the hero", "the villain", "the princess" and the "the anti-hero". This theory is completely irrelevant to my music video as there isn't enough character development to be able to assign such roles. However, it is relevent to the concept of narrative, so if my music video doesnt follow this trend then it could be said that it has no narrative.
Unfinished (Y)
Steph Becker
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