Narrative WIP

Narrative Structures.


There are different types of narrative structures, all of which are pretty self-explanatory.

• Linear
• Non-Linear
• Single-strand
• Multi-strand
• Open ending
• Closed ending

- Getting High Injecting Snake Venom

Below is the link to a documentary on a man that has been injecting himself with snake venom for 20 years.

                                         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q_m-rDUNw0


The documentary starts off with him talking about what he does with the snake venom, just to summarise everything in order for the audience to be interested and continue watching. This narrative structure is linear, because there is a beginning, middle and end. It also does not break off into other subjects, it is all focused on this man and his addiction to injecting himself with snake venom.
He then goes on to discuss the dangers and positive points on what he is doing, giving background information on where the idea came from, and why.

The video itself does not contain any explicit material, the content is pretty much viewable by anyone above the age of 15 in my opinion, there are moments where we see him injecting the venom into himself but other than that it is pretty much just him explaining what he does and how he does it.

The target audience would probably be in their late teens from 15+ because the video is titled "Getting High Injecting Snake Venom" which is a very loose way to explain what the documentary is about, there would be more mature ways to title this documentary if it were for an old audience.
Swearing is also included at various points throughout the video but it is used very lightly and the words are the pretty generic ones and not the more malicious phrases.