"The concept of narrative is essential to media". In what ways did you use narrative in the construction of your media product?

I used narrative in the construction of my media product by trying to structure the teaser film trailer with a beginning, middle and end. This way the audience sees the full picture of the distress and despair of the Main character’s (Miles) life. The transition is eased slowly in the different shots form the despair and feeling really low when leaving home to the excitement of his journey to find his hero and to start a new chapter in the life of Miles. We needed to use the different black screens as a sort of record as to how each step of Miles’ journey is going. For example when it says “For Miles his life was torn apart” and then later “no-one could help“.
I used narrative to shape our project around its genre. For it being a feel good film filled with highs and lows we had to show on the teaser trailer a range of different emotions coming from Miles. This can be compared to another feel good film called Happy Go lucky that was produced by Film Four. This was another feel good film filled with highs and lows and therefore makes good viewing for the audience, because no-one likes a film that is too predictable where everything is set in stone. The audience is more likely to seek unpredictability and suspense as if a media product is too predictable then it can lead to boredom within the audience. As well as this narrative was also used in the construction of my media product by contrasting the different environments that featured in the teaser film trailer. At the start we have the upsetting environment of Miles’ house where he is unloved and neglected by his parents. Whereas at the end you see him running through a field in search of his hero having been filled with a new lease of life and risen from ‘the depths of despair’.
The narrative also shapes my project, because Miles is on a journey of discovery and finds out new information about the world around him, but also things that he didn’t even know about himself. His journey is the main core of the film. What is also significant about this is that the audience discover these facts with Miles as by watching the journey they can feel like they are tagging along with Miles. Helping the audience to engage more.