Narratives

GENRES:

1)      Action

2)      Comedy

3)      Romantic

4)      Thriller

5)      Horror

6)      Drama

7)      Sifi

Two or more Genres can be used in a movie, and one is always dominant over the other.

DIFFERENT STRUCTURES:

Open Structure: No final conclusion (Depends upon one's mind)

Close Structure: A proper ending/closure.

Multi-Strand Structure: Several narratives running at the same time. Example; "The bill" and "Holby City"

RELATED THEORIES:

Valdamir Propp: His 31 narrative functions.

Tzetan Todoror: He says that there are three phases in any kind of narration;

Equilibrium

Disruption

New Equilibrium