Todorov's Theory

1)  TODOROV'S 

Todorov believes that as the story progresses the state of equilibrium can change, giving one person more power or authority over another throughout the plot, keeping the audience entertained. Each story should start with an initial Status Quo/Power set up of a person or within a group. This person or group has authority over others. 

All stories should have;

• Beginning
• Middle
• End

BEGINNING: 

Time, setting and the key characters of the story; 
their lives in a "normal" situation.
 We will see how they live, what they do, their social standing, and will identify their key characteristics.

MIDDLE

The equilibrium is broken by some sort of event, action or problem. -the distribution 

-the narrative drive is then is everyone tries to return to a state or normality, or equilibrium, in other words, to solve the problem.

The state of non-normality in the middle of the film is known as disequilibrium.

END

Normality must have been restored, and the reason for the distribution alleviated. this narrative closure can only occur when all the strands have been tied up, and enigmas resolved. this is known as the resolution or a return to equilibrium.

He argued that stories all begin in “equilibrium” when all forces are in balance. This is disrupted by a problem to cause “disequilibrium”. Then more events take place before a “new equilibrium” is established.

IDEOLOGY of Todorov's theory

The views of the world put forward as a personal belief, ethical values etc.

there is some of the film producer's own belief applied in every time they are making their films. And by analysing the Narrative structure can really help you work out what this ideology is.

For example;

• In a narrative,  the equilibrium is in a "normal" stage and disequilibrium is "not normal", so we need to find what is it disturbing the event. 

• Look and notice the disequilibrium and equilibrium in carefully. 

• See what is the difference., what is classed as a "normal" and "not normal"

• what is the disruption that 'normality' (the enigma)