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What Is Secondary Research and Tordorvs

Theory
Secondary research consists of already existing research, which
is referenced, put into different ways of presenting research
and has had things that you have added in through opinion or
general knowledge and is backed up with your secondary
research. Secondary sources could include previous research
reports, newspapers, magazines and journals as well as
government and NGO statistics.
There are many ways you can present the Secondary Research
to make it your own. One good way is through an infographic,
this is basically a magazine but allows to show different pieces
of information in different, clear ways.

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2. Paul Baylis and David Brockband (2010). Creative

Media Production Level 3. London: Pearson
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3. Jacquie Bennett (2008). Media Studies AS&A2.

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Website Researches

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About Todorov
Todorov was a man who never discovered but proved to others
that narratives moved forward in a chronological order with one
action following after another. Any film that is made nowadays
has a clear beginning middle and an end. An in depth way of
looking at it is that he said that at first there is a steady
equilibrium, everything is good, calm, the main character has
no troubles until there is a disruption. The disruption leads to a
big main event that happens in a film where the main character
has to do something to either prove him/herself to someone or
the hero has to save the world etc. Once this big event has
happened, the main character (and whoever they have met
along the way) have to get used to the new equilibrium that
has happened because of the big main event. Sometimes, not
often, the main character will be shown some time in the future
after getting used to their new equilibrium (their new style of
life).
Todorov went further into his analysis of this theory of narrative
structure and also suggested that the characters in the
narrative would have a changed personality progressing
throughout the course of the film, and this was proven at the
end of the film.
To conclude, Todorov never invented or founded the narrative
theory but merely suggested it and promoted it to other
directors and it eventually became the baseline for modern day
film making and planning. Whether it be a stop-motion

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animation, a short film or a full length feature film, the

narrative theory always comes into play.