Friday, 20 November 2015

Documentary narrative analysis

Indie game the movie follows Todorov's narrative theory in which the narrative is split up into 5 stages

-Starts at a state of equilibrium
-A disruption of equilibrium
-A recognition of the disruption
- An attempt to repair the disruption
- A new equilibrium 

However some could see that the narrative of Indie game: the movie begins at a disruption of the equilibrium as all the interviewees are all unhappy with their current situation. However this could be the current equilibrium because they have been this way for years.


The narrative of Indie game: the movie follow several story lines at once and therefore contains multiple linear narratives. This provides the audience with more than one character that they are able to relate to and more than one video game production process to follow. However they are not different in terms of their narrative structure. 

The documentary begins at an unconventional equilibrium in which all the characters are unhappy and some, even suicidal. The beginning of the documentary works to introduce the characters and their location through text and establishing shot such as the one below.


The documentary uses a conventional style of interviewing in which they film the developer at PAX, the event that they have been stressing over for a while, this acts as a climax for the movie as it is the moment the players get to react to the game. This climactic experience is implemented through use of several clean cuts and shot shots which highlight the fact that there are many things happening at once.
  

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