2. Juice (Drama)
4 Harlem teens that go by the name of Q, Bishop,
Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day, only
to find out an old friend of theirs was killed in a shootout
at a bar.
Hearing the news, Bishop starts to get aggravated
telling his friends that they have no power, no respect
or even the “juice”.
To get some of that, they rob a grocery store, but
Bishop intentionally shoots the clerk for no apparent
reason.
They all run into an alley where Raheem tells Bishop to
give him back the gun; they fight and Raheem ends up
getting shot dead.
Only Q, Steel and Bishop knew what happened that
night, and Bishop was determined to get rid of the other
2.
3. A) Has the institution created a text
with a conventional (stereotypical)
narrative structure
Yes, there is a clear linear narrative which is
broken down into:
Act 1 (Set-Up)
Act 2 (Conflict)
Act 3 (Resolution
4. B) Explain how the film is narrative
implicit or explicit ?
Explicit Narrative Reasons Explicit Narrative Evidence
It all starts off showing a strong friendship between
4 boys doing what they do on a daily basis
Then comes a plan that causes conflict between
them all, jeopardizing their friendship
Conflict between the two of the friends, resulting in
one of them shooting the other
Resolution is that one of the friends has to turn
against the killer/friend, in order to keep his life and
his other friends life safe
5. How the film uses conventional
narrative structure (Act 1)
Act 1: Set-up
Here in Act 1, what happens that it briefly introduces the 4 main characters
of the film
Scene 1 – “Q” Scene 2 – “Steel” Scene 3 – “Bishop” Scene 4 –
“Raheem”
• Its part of the • He is also part of • He is also part of • He is also part of
conventional the main the main the main
structure as its characters, so characters, so they characters, so they
introducing him as
one of the main
they introduce introduce him as introduce him as
characters him as well well well
6. How the film uses conventional
narrative structure (Act 2)
Act 2: Conflict
Here in Act 2, conflict begins to build up between the four.
Scene 5 – “Q and Scene 6 “The Wrecking Scene 7 – “ The WC” Scene 8 – “The clerk”
Bishop” Crew”
• • •
They both confront A plan comes about for them
all to rob a corner grocery,
They all are robbing • “Bishop” shoots
each other about the grocery store
their crew having no
but it jeopardises their “the clerk” for
friendship as one of them
power or “juice” doesn’t want to be involved no reason
7. How the film uses conventional
narrative structure (Act 3)
Act 3 – Resolution
In Act 3, two of the characters begin to confront each other about
the conflict, ending with the “bad person” dying.
Scene 9 – “Raheem and Scene 10 – Steel Scene 11 – Q and Scene 12 – Q and Bishop
Bishop” Bishop
• Bishop has killed • Bishop has • Q and Bishop are • Bishop just died
Raheem, then robs confronting each fromfalling from a building
him for what he has
just shot Steel other about what has
• The resolution was that Q
on him • Leaving him happened between
them had tried to help him but
for dead • Q obviously failed even though he
concerned about knows that Bishop wont
Bishop and his be any trouble on the
mental health tries to streets
help him but doesn’t
succeed
8. Why have film makers done this
?
So that the audience are not left confused as
to what is happening in the duration of the
film
To make it seem more familiar to the
audience
So the audience know what they can expect
9. What impact does it have on the
audience?
As its in chronological order, the audience can
understand it better
Giving them the knowledge of what it going
on and how it happened
It will leave the audience to feel satisfied in
the end
10. What audience expectations have they
established or challenged by using this
structure ?
As it is a Crime Drama, it establishes the
audience expectation.
As the moral is that Good always overcomes
evil
This meets audience expectations, as it builds
up to that point going in a linear structure
