Narrative Paragraph

Tim O'Sullivan (1998) suggests that media texts offer a way of telling stories about our culture. My music video for 'Mirrors' by Justin Timberlake aims to comment on the insecurities many people face in modern day society. The linear, parallel narrative structure follows the story of four separate characters, each of which represent a different but very common insecurity. The use of parallel narrative aims to highlight the idea that everyone experiences some form of insecurity. Furthermore, the omniscient narrative displays to the audeince the similarities between them and this is furhter reinforced by following Todorov's theory of equilibrium-disruption-new equilibrium through each of the four plotlines. Also, using Levi-Strauss' theory of binary opposites as all characters are struggling with the binary opposite of security vs. insecurity.