In terms of McKee's genre/sub-genre categories, my film would fit into the 'Maturation Plot' which is the narrative type for the typical coming-of-age story. The story type for my film will be the 'Rite of Passage' as the theme of the narrative will be the transformation of a child into an adult life, again typically that of a coming of age narrative movie.
Levi Strauss' invented the concept of binary oppositions in a narrative. Using a youthful character in my narrative, coupled with another character, either a brother or close friend, then I can make these oppositions prominent through the characters. Here are some of the opposing concepts that i wish to include within my narrative:
- Known - Unknown The idea of uncovering the unknown and first time experiences are typical embedded narrative points of coming-of-age films.
- Reality - Surreal The contrast of reality and surrealism comes from the drug use in the film as well as the protagonist's condition.
- Past - Present Constantly reinforcing the idea of maturity in the narrative will allow flash backs or forwards and cataphoric and anaphoric references in the narrative.
- Legality- Illegitimate/Illegal Throughout the film elements of illegal activity and legal activity will occur. This is another convention of the coming-of-age genre, where the protagonist must decided on a moral and ethical scale what is correct.
Structure - Todorov:
Todorov gives the theory of the conventional linear narrative structure of a movie. I will give these stages of the theory in context of my film:
Stage 1 - State of equilibrium is defined.
We see the family's lifestyle: Charlie is at home reading/listening to music then writing, Dion as an art college student, Rob and Jude (father and mother) go to work on a daily basis. There is also evidence of the friendship with the other students that live in the area and are friends with Dion which Charlie is also friends with.
Stage 2 - A disruption occurs to the equilibrium in the form of an action or crisis.
Stage 3 - The progagoinst and other major characters have recognized a disruption has occurred and set goals to resolve the problem and restore an equilibrium.
Stage 4 - The characters attempt to repair the disruption which resulted in the disruption of the narrative to occur.
Stage 5 - A new equilibrium has been installed to the narrative and the conclusion is announced.
Structure - Todorov:
Todorov gives the theory of the conventional linear narrative structure of a movie. I will give these stages of the theory in context of my film:
Stage 1 - State of equilibrium is defined.
We see the family's lifestyle: Charlie is at home reading/listening to music then writing, Dion as an art college student, Rob and Jude (father and mother) go to work on a daily basis. There is also evidence of the friendship with the other students that live in the area and are friends with Dion which Charlie is also friends with.
Stage 2 - A disruption occurs to the equilibrium in the form of an action or crisis.
Stage 3 - The progagoinst and other major characters have recognized a disruption has occurred and set goals to resolve the problem and restore an equilibrium.
Stage 4 - The characters attempt to repair the disruption which resulted in the disruption of the narrative to occur.
Stage 5 - A new equilibrium has been installed to the narrative and the conclusion is announced.
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