The todorov theory is an idea simplified of a narrative theory while also allowing more complex interruption of films text with his theory. The five steps of todorovs theory is…
Equilibrium: Normal life. Disruption: The villain causes a problem or an interruption to the hero’s normal life. Realisation: When the charters like the hero realise the problem. Restored order: When the charters fight the problem. Equilibrium again: Normal life is back. The propps theory is the charters in a movie for example. The hero: A charter that seeks something The villain: Who opposes or actively blocks the hero’s quest The donor: Who provides an object with magical properties. The dispatcher: Who sends the hero on his quest. The false hero: The one who takes the credit from the hero. The helper: The one that helps the hero The princess: The person that falls in love with the hero. The Barthes theory of semiotic codes some of these codes are. The Hermeneutic code (HER) this is the way that the story avoids telling the truth or revealing all the facts in order to drop clues in through out to help create mystery. The Enigma/ Porairetic code (ACT) this is the way the tension is built up and the audience is left guessing what happens next. The semantic code (SEM) The semantic code points to any element in a text that suggests a particular, often additional meaning by way of connotation which the story suggests. The connotation: cultural/underlining meaning, what it symbolises. The symbolic code (SYM): This is a very similar to the semantic code, but acts at a wider level, organising semantic meanings into broader and deeper sets of meaning. This is typically done in the use of antithesis, where new meaning arises out of the opposing and conflict ideas. The Cultural code (REF) looks at the audience’s wider cultural knowledge, morality and ideology. The Levi- Stratuss Theory is argued that all narratives could be reduced down to binary opposites for example.
Bathes theory An example of this is denotation and connotation is in Christina Perris Jar of hearts ands what you see is her white dress with black marks of dirt and what this show is her being pure but a bit damaged because the dress is dirty. An example of a music video with a narrative theory is Drake find your love. The Todorov theory Equilibrium is when Drake and his girlfriend are happy and in love. The disruptions when a gang steals her and uses her as a prostitute to make money. The realisation is when Drake want to go and see her one more time after being told to leave town. The restored order is when drake fights the gang. The return to equilibrium is when Drake was killed at the end. The propps theory Hero: Is Drake trying to save his girlfriend as she has been kidnapped by a local gang that run things where drake lives and he wants to stand up to the gang and protect his girlfriend. Sidekick: The old man telling drake to leave town. we see this man right at the beginning of the video trying to help drake leave town almost like a sidekick. The villain: The gang that has kidnapped Drakes girlfriend the reason they have kidnapped Drakes girlfriend is for human trafficking but because of her looks she is kept as a slave to the leader of the gang. The prize: The prize of the music video is Drakes girlfriend. The Levi- Stratuss Theory Drake vs the gang. Drake has decided that he is going to stand up to the gang and go and get his girlfriend back by sneaking in and taking her the leaving town so they cannot catch and kill drake. Drakes girlfriend vs Drake. When drake goes to save his girlfriend he gets captured and tied up to then find out that his girlfriend is actually working with the gang and she then goes on to kill Drake.
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