Types of narrative
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TYPES OF NARRATIVE
OPEN vs CLOSED• Open narrative is when there are unanswered questions which still
need to be resolved at the end of the programme
• Closed narrative is when there are no unanswered questions at the end of the programme and all is resolved
SINGLE STRAND vs MULTI STRAND• Single strand means there is only one narrative thread through the
whole programme.• Documentaries tend to use single strand because they generally focus
on one topic.• Multi strand means there are multiple narrative threads which
sometimes converge
LINEAR vs NON LINEAR• Linear is when events in the narrative follow chronological order• Non linear is when events in the narrative do not follow chronological
order e.g. flashbacks and flash forwards
CIRCULAR• Circular narrative structure is when the start and end points of the
documentary are the same, they narrative has came ‘full circle’