APPLYING NARRATIVES TO MUSIC VIDEOS

If I were a boy - Beyonce


Todorov: Narratives have 5 structures as follows

Equilibrium- Normality at the beginning
Beyonce and her husband are a normal couple who are getting ready to go to work
Disruption- disruption from the normality
By them going off to work it allows them to mix with other men and women 
Acknowledgement -Understanding that a problem has occurred 
when we the male police offer looking at beyonce and dancing with him while he husband watches is the moment the realtionship goes up in the air
Attempt to restore-  The characters try to resolve their problems and move on
they have a conversation where trhe male and female lives swap back to normal to show the male is actually have an affair
New Equilibrium- Everything is resolved but the characters  world is a slightly different place
Everything goes back to normal showing the male police officer having another relationship
Vladimir Propp


Hero- Beyonce is the hero as her partner is going through an affair and she has done nothing wrong. we know this through the close ups and the amount of camera time focuses on her
Villain-Beyonce husband is the villain. He is a typical black guy cheating on his wife
Helper- Male police officer is a white man having the affair with Beyonce who is showing the realisation of what is actually occurring with her husband and his secret lover. He is stereotypical males having a relationship with a married women at work
Donor- The donor is the female that Beyonces husband is actually having an affair with which is shown at the end of the music video.




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