1. By: Maria Fashakin

2. Poetic Justice.
• Justice (Janet Jackson) is a young woman living in
South Central, Los Angeles.
• After the shooting death of her boyfriend
‘Markell’, Justice falls into a deep depression.
• Justice meets a guy called Lucky.
• Justice & lucky argue a lot as they find it difficult
to agree on anything.
• Justice and Lucky begin to spend more time with
each other & fall in love.

3. A) Has the institution created a text with a conventional
(stereotypical) narrative structure?
Yes, there is a clear linear narrative which could be broken down into
Act 1 (set-up) Shows Justice & lucky
meeting for the first
time at the hair salon.
Act 2 (conflict)
Connotes Lucky & Justice
arguing in the van.
Act 3 (resolution)
Lucky & Justice
finally make peace &
fall in love with each
other.

4. B) Explain how the film is narrative implicit or
explicit ?
Implicit narrative reasons. implicit narrative evidence.
• Lucky &
Justice first
meet in the
It starts with a beginning of van.
Justice loosing her boyfriend,
She meets Lucky
• Lucky is holding
his mum. As she
The film then goes an the is crying.
audience later start to see
conflict through the middle of • Lucky is outside he
the film. just finds out his
cousin died.
Towards the end of the film
we see Justice and Lucky have • Justice &
lucky put a
come to a side there
issues with
each other.
• Justice and lucky are out
in the woods.

5. Discuss the conventional narrative ?
Act 1 – (beginning) (set up)
Justice has a boyfriend who gets shot. Justice is then depressed and grieving
about her boyfriend.
Justice at the
cemetery.

6. Middle
Justice & Lucky constantly argue over the fact Justice believes she should
get respect.
Justice &
lucky are
arguing in
the van.

7. The end
By act 3 Justice & lucky have resolved there issues and are able to get on, as
they are now in love.
Lucky and justice
at the fun fair &
they are getting
on.
Lucky is holding a
lollipop while touching
Justice’s hair.

8. Why have the film makers done this & what effect
would it have on the audience?
•.
•The film makers
may have
•The film would wanted to give
have been told the audience
in chronological some sort of
order satisfaction.
•It would of
been one of
the best •To make it
•The film makers
ways to more
have done this to understandable
make the audience make money.
happy

9. What audience expectation have they established
by using this structure?
• There is no confusion.
• The film makers reinforced the narrative structure as they show the
chronological order of the movie.
• The effect this would have had on the audience is, it would have been
gave a sense of fulfilment & happiness.
• The target audience would of been please to know they wouldn’t of
wasted there money.