TODOROV
Todorov has a theory of different levels of film, he
believes strongly about the theory of equilibrium, he believes that a film
should have a steady pattern of an equilibrium to a dis equilibrium back to a
equilibrium, this means the film will start calmly and then a disaster or
something bad will happen, after this towards the end the film will go back to
a nice theme so it ends on a happy ending.
An example of Todorov’s theory would be the animation film Incredibles,
the film starts off with the family being all happy just like a normal family,
then the farther had to go away for work leaving his family worried about his
safety, then towards the end of the movie they all come together to defeat the
bad guy who has been traumatising them.
PROPP
Propp is another great theorist of media terminology as it
was him who believed in having a main male protagonist as a hero figure who
would come up against an antagonist who would try to knock him down, he liked
the idea of this because it creates a rivalry which bases the film. Almost in
every film with a villain and hero there is a final big battle which concludes
the film.
An example of film which represents Propps theory well would
be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2, this film is the final one in
the series of 8 films in saga, at the end we see a final battle between the
protagonist harry potter and his arch enemy Lord Voldermort, this is perfect because
their rivalry is built up through 8 films and finally after long awaited we see
them fight it out.
LEVI STRAUS
Straus was the man who believed in binary opposition where
the two main protagonists are complete opposites, this would be like having man
vs. women or having cat vs. a dog, this is an affective theory as it shows to
people as important as each other but are completely different.
A great representation of this theory would be the family friendly film Cats vs Dogs where the 2 dominent species of household pets go head to head to see who are the best, they set against eachother to win number 1 slot.
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