Tzvetan Todorov
Proposed that all narratives have five stages which occur in films, tv, literature as well as other media text.
Equilibrium - Normality at the beginning, when everything appears as it should.
Disruption - When something happens to upset the normality.
Acknowledgement - When the main protagonist realises something has happened and decided to act upon this.
Attempt to restore - The attempt to get things back to normality.
New equilibrium - Everything is back to the new version of normality
Band of Horses - Dilly
Equilibrium - Bikers ride into town, oblivious to the fact that the local people will be against them and take offence to their presence
Disruption -In the bar when it is clear that both groups of people have a mutual dislike of one another and the bikers react by shooting their fingers at people
Acknowledgment - This occurs when the policeman pick up the phone to call for back up to help deal with the threat from the bikers
Attempt to restore - The bikers are stopped from leaving town and there is a shootout to determine who wins
New equilibrium - Bikers depart after the shootout and they go on the run from the law whilst the townspeople struggle to recover from the devastation of the attack
Enrique Iglesias - Hero
Equilibrium - On the run with the women with a car full of money, they're driving off into the sunset, he's happy he thinks he's free.
Disruptions - We see the villain, rather than driving off into the sunset they are driving towards the villain as they don't realise he's there
Acknowledgment - He realises he's got to stay and fight in order to survive
Attempt to restore - He fights for the women and money
New equilibrium - He dies, women survives, villain gets arrested
Katy Perry - Roar
- Equilibrium - Reality is she is in a plane crash and she is scared
- Disruption - The tiger killing the person she was with and realising she is surrounded by tigers
- Acknowledgement - That she has to face the fierce nature and fight the crocodiles and tigers and whatever other animal
- Attempt to restore - She is roaring on top of mountains to try and get help and get off the island where she is trapped
- New Equilibrium - Her new life on the island with animals as friends and living out of the plane and making it her home
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