Narrative Structure Workshop

   In this task, we filmed around a minute of narrative shots to fit with a theme or story that we were given. We were given the task of editing these shots into a story and then into the lip syncing task that we had already produced to create a 'mini music video'.
   I have learnt from the narrative structure task that Andrew Goodwin's theory is correct and the narrative has to be an extension of the lyrics, proving his theory. Our story or theme we were given to portray did not completely fit with the lyrics and gave a different impression than the intended one when paired with the song.
   In audience feedback, one audience member told us that the story was definitely different to what we had intended although it was better composed and the editing was good.They understood he clear conflict between the two female characters however what was not certain was the reason for the conflict or the ature of their relationship due to the lyrics. Another also picked up on the story fault that came from Andrew Goodwin's theory not being met. This shows how important the narrative is and how important it is that it meets the lyrics of the song as our narrative did not work along side the song and did not feel like a real music video to our audience.



screenshots and discuss composition




   Carol Varnallis says that the narrative in a music video is shown in a montage style and is very disjointed. Not often finished or reaching a final equilibrium. I think the workshop proved this theory to some extent as our video was in a similar montage style to that described.  She also says effects are used to draw the attention to the editing of the video such as cuts to the beat of the song and I feel like this is something we could have used in our own mini music video.