production log 9

I have learnt a lot this week about narrative, for example i recapped on linear and non-linear narratives seeing as i had looked at them beforehand. Linear being a straight forward beginning, middle and end and non-linear is when the narrative is not in chronological order which would mean using techniques such as flash backs and flash forwards. Also i learnt about restricted and omniscient narratives where restricted is when the narrative is looked at through a single characters perspective and omniscient is where the narrative is channeled through more than one characters perspective. Restricted narratives allow for the audience to be able to get to know a single character and be able to empathise with them where as omniscient narratives allow for a more neutral view of things within the narrative and doesn't really get the audience invested into a single important character which can make the story itself less interesting.

This helped me to decided how to structure my narrative for my idea, i have chosen to do a restricted linear narrative. Linear because it is very common in the BSR genre and flashbacks and flash forwards are not typical of the genre and not effective and a restricted narrative because it allows for the audience to invest their full attention into one character which makes the plot of the story more effective.

In the end we decided that anything which didn't follow the conventions of BSR wasn't worth doing but looking at the things we could have included such as a non-linear narrative i think would have made the plot more interesting but for my specific idea, it would have given away to much to the audience so we had to change that.