Narrative theory

                              Narrative theory.

There are three different types of narrative theories, the first person to come with a theory is Vladimir Propp, he had the theory that in a narrative its not important about the story line, its all about the characters and their functions for example there is a hero, which is a character thats seeks something villain, who opposes or actively blocks the heros quest, false hero, who disrupts the heros success by making false claims and donor, who provides an object with magical properties. which creates and makes the film in the theory of Propp. 

The second theory was created by Tzvetan Todorov, his theory is all about the narrative and equilibrium and disequilibrium within the narrative. He says that there is a beginning, middle and ending to a film, the equilibrium is at the beginning of the film when everyone is happy and good about what they are doing, the disequilibrium is when something has stopped the narrative from following, it has disrupted the happy and good feeling. 

The third theory is Arstotle which says its not about the character, its not about the narrative, its about the scenes which are :

-Inciting Incident
-Dramatic Question
-Character Goal
-Antagonist/Protagonist
-Stakes
-Resolution
-Sympathy/Empathy

These headings are very close to those suggested by the father of narrative theory of Aristotle.

My thriller film will follow Todorov because at the start of the film it will be equilibrium when the victim is having a good time with her friend talking about what dresses they are going to wear for the party. Then the film will change to a disequilibrium when the attackers starts to chase and hunt the victim, through the forest and woods area, at the point when the victim sees the attacker she will feel very emotional and feel as if she needs to get away from him or else she will get attacked.. Then the equilibrium will be restored, as the identity and motive of the attacker is revealed, when she sees the attacker she will start to see him take his mask off but she will still be scared about what is going to happen.. My thriller will follow the Todorov theory as it will show a girl walking home from school ready for the weekend which will be the good and happy part of our thriller then it will dramatically change to a bad feeling knowing that the young girl is going to get attacked and hurt by a ex-boyfriend that has obsession issues with the girl. Also it follows Todorovs theory as the girl will be thinking ahead to the party she is going to and will thinking about having a good time, the mood with suddenly change when the girl sees the attacker for the first time in a long time.