Narrative Structure - Maddie & Finnlea

Narrative is the way the events are put together to be presented to an audience and tells a story through a sequence of actions or events. This includes plot, how the facts are organized, how the story is told, and how the author uses these elements to portray a story. They may be very simple or complex. All media texts have a narrative, whether they are a six hour TV miniseries or a one paragraph newspaper story or a glossy magazine photograph. There are seven different types of narrative structure;

Circular
It has certain plot points repeated and also starts and finishes on the same point.

Linear
It follows a straight line - has a beginning, middle and an end. It is a timeline of events that are all in chronological order.

Open
It has no sense of ending and could go on forever. There are also many story lines and lots of characters. 
E.g Coronation Street.

Closed
The audience is aware that they are watching a complete story therefore having a likely end in mind. Often the audience are invited to make verdicts of the characters.

Non -Linear
It's often used to place audiences in the minds of characters who have unusual ways of thinking or whose ability to process information is impaired.

Single Strand
This usually is a story following one main character.
E.g Spiderman and Batman.

Multi Strand
This is a story from multiple peoples point of view. It can end one story and begin another without confusing the audience. 
E.g Eastenders.

Four our documentary we are thinking of using a circular type of narrative structure. We are using this because in our documentary we are including different topics/plots which are social media, celebrities, friendships, relationships and our narrative will start and end on the same point. It doesn't have a structured beginning, middle and end but has points repeated to help the audience to form an opinion. We feel that the circular narrative structure will keep the target audience entertained. This target audience for our documentary is 16-21 year olds of both genders. This is because we wanted to educate all teenagers at college and university about the dangers of a lack of body confidence and by using a circular narrative this highlights this.