Overall summary of Product Research

Overall summary of Product research:

Through secondary research I found out the structure of a narrative was a theory created by Vladimir Propp and that this theory is important in a sitcom as it brings structure to the programme , giving it a clear narrative flow making it easy for the audience to follow. By researching the codes and conventions of a sitcom I feel I have a better understand of what is used to builds a sitcom and the elements needed to make a successful one. Such as it needs to include ‘stock characters’ and stereotypes in which the audience can relate to. The more variety of characters the wider target audience can relate to those characters. Also the ideological meanings of a sitcom need to fit within the genre such as the closure at the end of every sitcom, and also the problems they tackle. The good thing about sitcom’s is there can tackle serious problems in a light- hearted way. This is what makes sitcoms so popular and unique. Which we could incorporate into our own sitcom. Therefore by doing primary research I was able to test what I had found out, by actually comparing the narratives of sitcom’s to see if actually they do follow a certain pattern. From our analysis’s of comparing narratives in a sitcom I found out they do follow patterns. Which have just became natural to the viewers brain, as over the years they have got use to the patterns in which sitcoms follow, starting with everyday life and finishing with everything back to how it was. As an audience member we don’t think about sitcom’s to be in a certain order as we have never even thought about them; however after breaking it down into 5 sections I found all sitcoms follow a narrative structure. So through doing research I have found out the structure, and code and conventions needed for a sitcom , and backed it up with primary research supporting my evidence.