Sunday, 2 October 2011

Narative Theory: Todorov and Propp

Todorov and Propp

This sort of structure can be related to manycontemporary popular films and to an extent can also be related to our own.

In relation to our own film, the state of equilibrium will be the two girls who are asleep within the bed. When Natalya hears the banging noise and then Hannah begins to hear it this would be considered as the second stage of equilibrium, a disruption within the film by the action. When they both decide to go and search for what this noise may be this represents the two characters recognising that there has been a disruption in equilibrium. By the two girls going on search for what the noise may be and Natalya going upstairs to retrieve her phone this highlights the two girls trying to solve the disruption that has occured. The last stage would be a reinstatement of the equilibrium but this is not shown within teh film as it end on a cliff hanger and only shows the two girls being taken.