Applying Narrative theory to my music video.

In my music video (Lovage- "To Catch a Theif) there is a strong sense of narrative. This is because the genre the video was in (trip-hop) both allowed for and encourgaed the use of a narrative. This can be seen in examples of other videos within the same genre, such as massive attacks "Tear Drop". The video combines abstract and often confusing imagary to build up a loose narrative, and while our video had a much stronger sense of narrative, the basic design was the same. This can be seen in our use of a bunny costume to connote disguise and criminality. Since this abstract imagary was within the framework of a quite straight forward narrative, it is clear that we applied our narrative accourding to the conventions of our genre.
Our music video also works within the framework of Todorovs narrative theory, since its guidlines of equilibriam, disruption of equlibriam and the reastablishment of equilibrium fits perfectly into our video. For example, our video begins with the Bunny being calmly talked at by a phsychiatrist, during the middle the Bunny commits a crime, and at the end the Bunny is back in the phsychiatrists chair. This shows that our narrative is quite stereotypical in nature, with a conventional and predefined beginning middle and end. This was consious decision by us as a group, since we wished to make quite a niche and original video, however, we thought that these abstract images would work best within a strong and clear narrative.