Narrative Codes Appropriate Genres

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Narrative Codes Appropriate Genres 

STEAVE NEALE
Steve Neale’s theory of repetition and difference. Steve Neale states that genres all contain instances of repetition and difference, difference is essential to the to the economy of the genre. This is shown in The Killing when it follows the genre of Police Procedural dramas, but doesn't follow all the conventions as it borrows them from other genres such as Film Noir, like having a dark setting. 

TZVETAN TODOROV
He believed that all films followed the same narrative patterns. They all went through the same five stages. There are five stages the narrative can progress through:
1. A state of equilibrium (All is as it should be.)
2. A disruption of that order by an event.
3. A recognition that the disorder has occurred.
4. An attempt to repair the damage of the disruption.
5. A return or restoration of a NEW equilibrium.
This is shown in The Killing when Lund has her job and is having a normal life which is the equilibrium, then the dead girl is found and a disequilibrium is established, the stages continue as the show goes on. It is also shown again in Nana’s mother when her life is at equilibrium, then she finds out that Nana has been killed so she is at a disequilibrium then she will return to an equilibrium when she has found out who killed her daughter.

LEVI STRAUSS
Levi Strauss proposed a theory of 'binary opposites' which entail that the majority of narratives in media forms such as books and film contain opposing main characters. These binary opposites help to thicken the plot and further the narrative; and introduce contrast. For example, in a superhero film this could be good vs. evil, in a horror film this could be human vs. supernatural, and in a comedy this could be young vs. old. This is show in the Killing with the two politicians going against each other with opposite campaigns. It could be shown again with the two detectives, Lund and Meyer, as they have different approaches towards policing.

DEBORAH KNIGHT

Knight’s theory was that people watch TV shows for the thrill as we can all infer what will happen at the end but we continue to watch it anyway. For example we, as the audience, know that the detectives will solve the crime but we continue to watch the show to see the story unfold. We see this again in many other shows, for example, in Pretty Little Liars we know they will eventually find out who A is but we watch the show anyway.

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