Todorov's Theory is a set of five stages that most films follow to set out the story. These five stages are:
1.Equilibrium- The setting is established and characters are introduced to the story. The story is also set up.
2.Disruption- The oppositional characters appear, the story takes a different direction.
3.Recognition of disruption- Lives of characters and events interact. Tension is built throughout and is often the longest sequence.
4.Attempt to repair disruption- The highest point of tension and a change in the dynamic follows.
5.Reinstatement of equilibrium- Everything is sorted out, all problems are solved and questions are answered.
Group task/Contribution
All of us in our groups shared our ideas that we came up with for our coursework piece, The genre had to be a psychological thriller. We used Todorov's Theory to layout our piece.
My idea:
Equilibrium: Daniel wakes up in his apartment, alone with no one there he gets ready for work and leaves. Driving to work and spending the whole day working in the bank.
Disruption: Daniel on his way home stops at a cafe to get something to eat and drink. Although he goes to the toilets, and whilst in there, something possesses him to kill a man that's in the toilets as well. With no memory of what happened, he has control of his body once again, standing over sme mans body. He panics and runs out the cafe. A police inspector comes to the scene of the crime after the body has been found, and quickly tracks down the killer (Daniel).
Recognition of disruption: Now on the run from the police, Daniel manages to buy a little bit of time and sneak around to find out what happened to him that night. After finding clues leading him to the truth, he soon realises that it's not just the police that are after him, he is now being hunted by the people that possessed him. In an attempt to hide the truth from anyone. As the Police investigator tracks down Daniel, finding the same clues that Daniel has found along the way, the inspector soon realises that something strange is happening. After then going through a strange experience of finding Daniel and nearly being killed by an entity trying to kill Daniel, the inspector is fully convinced that Daniel is innocent, and offers help.
Attempt to repair disruption: In an attempt to repair what has happened, Daniel finds the truth lies in the heart of the base of the organisation that are hunting him. With no hesitation, he devises a plan with the inspector to get inside, as he does he is captured and the leader of the organisation reveals what it all is, and why he was possessed. Daniel recognises his face, who he turned out to be someone in the cafe that night. At that point he is about to kill Daniel using a different entity (used to possess people), when the inspector intervenes, there is a fight between the inspector and the leader, when Daniel breaks free and kills the leader.
Reinstatement of the equilibrium: Daniel is cleared of all charges, the inspector shakes his hand and they both go back to their normal lives.
Having said my Idea with the group, we decided to choose another group members, but I have contributed well to that, and chosen the font for the title and helped in deciding the different camera shots, and editing affects to use in our storyboard. We are all making our fair share of contributions and ideas.
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