Use of Narration

The Use of narration can be looked at in different ways. When someone asked me what i imidatly thought it was a voice over type person used in a programe like big brother and comantating a football match. Narration can be used on many forms of media such as radio, tv and films. Narration can also be used to brake the '4th wall' meaning the wall between characters and the viewers/audience, a prime example of this is in theater and pantomimes when the character still stays in character but stears away from the main story to interact with the qudience for example 'buttons' in cinderella asking 'the boys and girls' what they think he should do. Also this is used in TV (mainly childerns programes) to engae the viewer. For this to be done on tv is much harder but used effectivly it works really well not used effecitly can ruin a programe or a performane. It helps to tell a story and draw and audience in to the character and their personalities. The begining of the film 'American Beauty' is a good example of narration being used at a begining of the film. It draws you into the character and what exactly it is they're thinking in a clever way, then depending on how well the acting is depends on how quickly the audience picks up on who the character is. It also helps set the scene well as shown in this film opening and gives you a small opverview of whats going to happen like in this film when he states 'im going to die one day' ut indercates this fuilm may lead up to the day he dies.

-RM