Class Notes on: 'Sound and Narrative'

Sound

Sound is split into two kinds:
- Digetic: This is sound in the scene as it would really happen.
- Non-Digectic: This is sound that is added to the scene. E.g. Added music.

Narrative: How the plot is constructed

- Linea: The story as it happens
- Non-Linea: The narrative is manipulated. E.g. flashbacks

Todorov's narrative theory

- Equilibrium
- Disruption
- New Equilibrium

Propp's Morphology of the Folktale

- Villain: Struggles against the hero
- Donor: Prepares hero or some magical object
- Helper: Helps the hero in quest
- Princess and Father: Gives task to hero, identifies false hero, marries hero, often sought for
- Dispatcher: Character that makes lack known and sends hero off.
- Hero or Victim/Seeker Hero: Reacts to the donor, marries the Princess.
- False Hero: Takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess.