Assignment 8

ASSIGNMENT

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PART A – TODOROV’S THEORY

This is a sheet we done in class where we looked at the disruptions/ conflicts and resolutions in different genres.

PART

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TODOROV’S

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Todorov suggested there are 5 stages of narrative:1.Equilibrium2.Disequlibrium3.recognition of Disequilibrium 4.Attempt to repair disequilibrium5.New Equilibrium

The next slides will show how Todorov’s theory applies to the film ‘The Hunger Games’

PART B: EQUILIBRIUM

• Equilibrium is shown in the beginning of the hunger games in the scene where Katniss and Gale are out hunting and relaxing I the forest.

PART B: DISEQUILIBRIUM

• Disequilibrium is shown in the scene where the reaping in taking place.

• This is because in this scene Katniss’s sister is picked to go into the hunger games but Katniss volunteers to take her sisters place and Peeta is also picked to enter the Hunger Games.

RECOGNITION OF DISEQUILIBRIUM

• Recognition of disequilibrium can be found in the scene where the people taking part in the hunger games are taken into the training room,

• It can also be found when Haymitch begins to mentor Katniss and Peeta.

• This is because in these scenes both Peeta and Katniss have accepted that they are going into the Hunger games.

ATTEMPT TO REPAIR DISEQUILIBRIUM

The attempt to repair the disequilibrium can be found in the scenes where Katniss is fighting for her life in the hunger games.

It can also be found when Katniss and Peeta meet up again and realise that they can win and go home together.

NEW EQUILIBRIUM

• The new equilibrium can be found when Katniss and Peeta survive and win the hunger games.

• This is because they have returned to their old lives, however they are not the same as before.

LEVI –

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Levi –Strauss believed the world is described as binary opposites and this is the same in movies as we always have a villain and a hero.

The next slides will show how this can be a applied to a variety of genres.

DRAMA:

Film Opposite 1 Opposite 2 Explanation

Batman They are opposites because:• Batman is good

he is the hero• The Joker is evil

he is the villain• Batman is trying

to save Gotham• The Joker is

destroying it The Joker is the evil villain from the batman movie

Batman is the hero, his identity is a secret.

HORROR:

Film Opposite 1 Opposite 2 Explanation

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

They are opposites because:• The man is evil

and he is trying to kill innocent people

• The woman is innocent and she is trying to survive.

This character is evil as he goes around killing innocent people

This woman is the victim trying to hide away from the evil guy

ACTION:

Film Opposite 1 Opposite 2 Explanation

Mission impossible

They are opposites because:• Ethan is working

to stop the evil forces

• The other man is a terrorist

• Ethan is trying to protect the people

• The other man has the power to kill thousands if he doesn’t get what he wants.

The man (Ethan) is an American agent working against terrorist and evil forces to protect his country

This man is a terrorist, who want power and money in exchange for the safety of the people