Applying Todorov's Theory to our Film

We combined our ideas and came up with a new story idea; this is our story idea and it being applied to Todorov's Narrative Theory

Equilibrium

Siobhan is a normal teenage girl and this is a normal day, even though it is her birthday. She begins by getting up like every normal day. She is woken by her phone going off; it’s her friend wondering where she is so that they can go to college together. She lays there for a while, talking to her cat and trying to comfort herself. She decides to crawl out of bed and starts getting ready to go out to college. She does her hair, her make up and gets her shoes, coat and bag on ready to go. Siobhan walks out in to the hall way and bumps into her brother and kisses him goodbye and walks out of her door to go and meet her friend. She opens her door to find her friend who greets her enthusiastically, saying happy birthday and handing her a card. In shock Siobhan takes the card and thanks her and calmly says lets go. They begin to walk to college together.

Disequilibrium

On her way to college Siobhan suddenly stops and says something to her friend and walks off in the opposite direction. Her friend looking worried and confused carries on walking to college. Siobhan takes a decoy and walks around her neighbourhood, thinking about everything that has happened. She gets her head together and decides to go to college. As she is late she begins to run up the hill in to college. She looks around and college seems to be deserted, which is strange. Even though there are lessons going on there are normally people with frees sitting outsider talking with friends. She slowly walks down the corridor trying not to be noticed by any one that she was meant to be in a lesson with. She walks towards her locker. She stops and pulls out her folders. A letter with her name on the front flies out and lands on the floor. Siobhan without thinking puts her folder back in the locker and picks up the letter. She begins to read it and fear comes across her face. She slides down the locker and sinks to the floor with a blank look on her face.

New Equilibrium

As it is the opening sequence to our film we decided not to show the new equilibrium as that will give away what happens at the end of the film and will not entice people to watch it as they will already know what happens. By not knowing what will happen will make the audience want to watch it.