The Narrative Structure of the Media Plot, A Semiotic Approach

The oral account andnarrativefilmare known asheterogeneousnarratives. However,they showthe same characteristics. Themost important traitis to replacethespatiotemporal continuityof the eventa seriesof elementsthatcan be called"proposals"in the caseofverbal narrative, and"plans"in the caseoffilm narrative.Narrative structuresarestructuresmore superficial thandeep structures. The latteris responsible forcoordination andspatiotemporal locationof the text thatisbeing formed, not to mentionthecomponentthat decidesactorialrolesthat the subjectwill becalled upon to occupy. So in thislevelthe point of view, the background and foreground, the value of the plan,the angleof view among other optionsarechosen.