Wednesday, 31 October 2012

ITAP LECTURE 6 2012

Today's lecture was about narrative and structure within visual communication, the lecture was given by the two animation and moving image tutors.

For my first point i have chosen "Story". the lecturer talked about the importance of stories. as social beings they play important roles in our lives, there are many different forms; passing information, getting a certain message across, reporting back to friends or family as well as being used to develop a narrative for art. 
 Stories help us to understand the world around us, and indeed our past, what our ancestors were like and how we have grown as a race. thanks to these stories we have learn and taught valuble lessons.
They generate emotions that are personal to us as well as to other people stories are remembered more that a piece of information because they may relate to us in some way therefore are ingrained unconsciously into our minds, so if given a trigger we will relate back to that story, repeating it and passing it on. 
they tend to develop from some key roots:
  • Journey's we've been on, people we've met places we've been
  • Experiences, both personal and those of other people
  • Observations, something we have witnessed happen or is happening around us
  • Documentary of something in the past such as war

it is important when thinking about developing narrative in art or photography, to make sure we tell or convey them in the right way, what is our intention and purpose. we must think about our audience and make sure we are communication the right message as well.

Below i have used a film cover as an example of Story, this is a film that is based on Nazi Germany, this is an example of a story being told about the past: 

For my second point i have decided to look at the point "Developing Narrative"
In every piece of narrative there is always conflict, as well as a protagonist who is always the good person, actively has something that needs to be done; a problem to be solved. Then there is the antagonist which is the individual, or problem that stands in the way of the protagonist, using Little Riding Hood as an example, she herself would be the protagonist and the wolf would be the opposite, he presents her with a problem of not being able to attend to her sick grandmother, and there is the conflict. 
another point within developing narrative is the layers in narrative. this is about hidden or deeper meanings within a story or piece of narrative, the story "Little Red Riding Hood" was used as an example, there are many different variations of this story as it is a very old fable, people have explored different layers and meanings of it; for example sexual awakening; the theory that the cloak represents fertility and the wolf rape. 



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