Investigating Narrative

Why have I chose this article?
This articles attempts to explain narrative construction, using quotes and examples to help with my research into investigating narrative in music videos. It will be helpful when explaining linear and nonlinear narratives in music videos.

An overview of what its about
To sum up the article, it gives us an understanding of the different narrative structures, and explains why sometimes our narrative expectations are not met. It states that we could see narrative 'as a story' or 'a chain of events in cause and effect relationship.'

Main Points
The writer of the article often refers to narrative as a 'story', due to the fact that a narrative consists of a clear beginning, middle and end. They also state that 'All components of our definition- time,causality and space- are important to narratives in most media, but causality and time are central.' He furthers his point by giving us sentences that include no use of time and causality, which 'we have trouble grasping' because of the lack of clear narrative. They then add time and causality into the situation so 'we now have a narrative. We can connect the events spatially.' 
Another point that the writer makes, is that 'spectators approach a narrative film with definite expectations.' By this, he means that the audience may already have an understanding of the films background, characters and we can assume the typical conflict and problems in the film, which will 'either be resolved, or at least, a new light will be cast on them.' This shows how our narrative expectations can be met, or often challenged. An example given in the article which challenges the audiences narrative expectations is The Sixth Sense 1999, consisting of a twist at the end. This intrigued the audience as they 'wanted to see how their expectations had been manipulated' and it 'engages the viewer in dynamic activity.' 

I agree with the quotations in the article, especially the fact that we as an audience have narrative expectations and make assumptions have the narrative develops. For example, in films such as La La Land, throughout the film we follow the relationship between the two protagonists, and when it is revealed at the end that they do not end up together, it triggered a reaction because we liked to believe in a happy ending, however this was not the case and therefore it does not result in our narrative expectations being met.  However, this example can contradict a quotation used, as this issue is neither resolved or a new light cast on it, as stated in the article. The article attempts to explain that the audience is left satisfied at the end, but La La Land left a vast majority of the audience dissatisfied due to our expectations and assumptions being challenged.

Overall, I think the article is very useful when explaining narrative. Not only does it help us understand the basic narratives that most media consists of, it gives an explanation of how it's done, and what factors can cause a disruption in a narrative structure. The article uses good examples when developing the points being made as well as using relevant quotes to further our understanding of narrative