Narrative theorists

Theorists:

• Levi Strauss - Binary opposites (old/young, love/hate). Film- Normal student/mental illness.

• Todorov- equilibrium - disruption - new equilibrium. Film- problems at school (disruption) resulting in a new equilibrium. 

• Propp- typical characters - hero,villain, damsel, sidekick, dispatcher. Film-Only one woman (empowered). 

• Barthes- codes - action- what are they doing & why? , symbolic- what do the props/icons mean? , enigma- must create to keep attention, how did you do that?

• How does your film subvert/conform to theorists.