The problem is how images(paintings) can tell a story when it does not have a proper plot and where is the structure or discourse of the story we get from the images?
Images or pictures can act as a narrative which designed to provide story to the viewers because narrative also involves songs, poem, movie and pictures as its discourse material. "Narrative expression is the narrative discourse and, while story is the substance of the narrative expression, discourse is its form with its various material manifestations (words, pictures, etc.)" as stated by Tomascikova.S, (2009).
Mona Lisa, The Louvre, Paris - by Leonardo Da Vinci (1503)
Most probably when we look at this painting, everyone has its own ideology or interpretation produced from this image but the truth still remained as an enigma to the public. A simple women who is sitting full with unpredicted emotions later create more and more story or myth about her but in the end, the question still remain - who's the women in this picture? some of them said that 'Monalisa' represented Isabella of Aragon - the widow Duchess of Milan due to its 'widows veil' on her head but some of them challenged with a statement that 'Monalisa' is the representation of the mistress of Guliano de Medici and the veil on her head represent a married women at that time.
Others also believed that 'Monalisa' in this picture was Mona Lisa Gherardini - the third wife of wealthy silk merchant Francesco di Bartolommeo di Zanobi del Giocondo. The most famous theory created from this visual is 'Monalisa' is actually a representation of Leonardo da Vinci as a women portrayed due to their faces structure was more likely to match with each other. There other story which being created and interpreted by others from this painting by looking at the smile, position of her hands, the way she dressed and etc. I took this painting as an example to show how narrator use visual image to tell a story is because other than creating a complex mystery from a simple paintings, it also have the identity which related to the history since the 15th centuries. As time goes by it improvise to a new story which try to adapt to the environment and new thoughts as stated by;
"Finally, for every narrative there is a narrator, real or implied or both. Stories don't just exist, they are told, and not just told but told from one perspective or other" (Lamarque.P , 1994)
This also proves that a visual images tend to tell more stories compare to a concrete structure sentences. Maybe painting does not have a proper plot which has to be follow in a story in chronological orders but movies or videos showed that visual narrative are often use as a tool of communication with the audience.
Lets take this game for example - 'GOD OF WAR'
In this video game, it tells a story about Greek Mythology which involved wars between GODS such as Kratos, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades and etc. Here, it follows the narrative which passed down from generations to generations and end up being tell visually .
"GOD OF WAR"
"GOD OF WAR 2"
"GOD OF WAR 3"
These 3 different parts of games have their own plot of the story which is related to one and another and this also proves that it can be take as a narrative - for it has its own message and meaning to sent and it also have plot which also one of the important subject in narrative theory. Since its a myth or fiction, this kind of story affect two kind of audience which is the 'authorial audience' (an imagined group of audience who knows that it is a fiction) and the 'narrative audience' (an imagined group who do not know) as describe by Donald N.Mccloskey.
Mr Bean series would be a good example of visual narrative which used less verbal communication in the movie but we audience manage to interpret what the movie trying to say according to its plot and meaning convey from the action being done by him in the movie.
REFFERENCE
Most probably when we look at this painting, everyone has its own ideology or interpretation produced from this image but the truth still remained as an enigma to the public. A simple women who is sitting full with unpredicted emotions later create more and more story or myth about her but in the end, the question still remain - who's the women in this picture? some of them said that 'Monalisa' represented Isabella of Aragon - the widow Duchess of Milan due to its 'widows veil' on her head but some of them challenged with a statement that 'Monalisa' is the representation of the mistress of Guliano de Medici and the veil on her head represent a married women at that time.
Others also believed that 'Monalisa' in this picture was Mona Lisa Gherardini - the third wife of wealthy silk merchant Francesco di Bartolommeo di Zanobi del Giocondo. The most famous theory created from this visual is 'Monalisa' is actually a representation of Leonardo da Vinci as a women portrayed due to their faces structure was more likely to match with each other. There other story which being created and interpreted by others from this painting by looking at the smile, position of her hands, the way she dressed and etc. I took this painting as an example to show how narrator use visual image to tell a story is because other than creating a complex mystery from a simple paintings, it also have the identity which related to the history since the 15th centuries. As time goes by it improvise to a new story which try to adapt to the environment and new thoughts as stated by;
"Finally, for every narrative there is a narrator, real or implied or both. Stories don't just exist, they are told, and not just told but told from one perspective or other" (Lamarque.P , 1994)
This also proves that a visual images tend to tell more stories compare to a concrete structure sentences. Maybe painting does not have a proper plot which has to be follow in a story in chronological orders but movies or videos showed that visual narrative are often use as a tool of communication with the audience.
Lets take this game for example - 'GOD OF WAR'
In this video game, it tells a story about Greek Mythology which involved wars between GODS such as Kratos, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades and etc. Here, it follows the narrative which passed down from generations to generations and end up being tell visually .
These 3 different parts of games have their own plot of the story which is related to one and another and this also proves that it can be take as a narrative - for it has its own message and meaning to sent and it also have plot which also one of the important subject in narrative theory. Since its a myth or fiction, this kind of story affect two kind of audience which is the 'authorial audience' (an imagined group of audience who knows that it is a fiction) and the 'narrative audience' (an imagined group who do not know) as describe by Donald N.Mccloskey.
Mr Bean series would be a good example of visual narrative which used less verbal communication in the movie but we audience manage to interpret what the movie trying to say according to its plot and meaning convey from the action being done by him in the movie.
REFFERENCE
- Nash.C, (1994), Narrative in Culture: the uses of storytelling in sciences, philosophy and literature, Routledge.
- Tomascikova.S, (2009), Narrative theories and Narrative discourse, Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov • Vol. 2 (51) - 2009 Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies
- Retrieved from http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/mona.html
- Huisman.R, (2005), Narrative concepts, Fulton
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