Analysis of my product using narrative theories

‘Constant creation of conflict/opposition propels narrative’. Claude Levi-Strauss states that the narrative can only end on a resolution of conflict. For example, in our film the opposition is visual when Damien sees the youth getting beaten up and the lighting is dark which shows the tension and panic. The soundtrack to our song conforms with the urban genre of our film and also would attract our target audience more.

'A text is like a tangled ball of threads which needs to be unravelled'. Roland Barthes enigma code links at the end of the film opening as we see our main character go back into the alley where someone’s getting beaten up. This would be a positive representation of teenagers and also would subvert to stereotypes as our main character is going to help the youth getting beaten up. Throughout our film many parts would be enigmatic to create tension and to keep the audience engaged.

Propp's theory somewhat intertwines with our opening as we have our victim getting beaten up and our hero going back to help the victim.
Throughout the film, Propp's functions would definitely come up as we based our film and genre on many examples such as 'Kidulthood', 'Adulthood', 'Fish Tank'.
In our film there would be more than one villain, Propp’s 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th functions in his theory will occur during our film as the villain’s would be a group of violent, aggressive, unlawful gang which victimise people and harm other’s, the victims would end up helping the villain. Then the hero and villain’s ends up in a direct combat which is propp’s 16th function. This would show a positive representation of our hero youth and also would subvert to the stereotypes.

Todorov's theory links in with our opening scene as the equilibrium was when out main character was walking and then the disequilibrium occurred towards the end when the main character went back to help the victim in the alley way. The resolution would have occurred when the victim is saved. In every film there is always an equilibrium, disequilibrium and resolution, as that is how the plot would go and also that makes the film interesting and would keep the audience engaged.

At the equilibrium the film would subvert and conform to the stereotypes of youths and then once it gets towards the disequilibrium the film would start to conform mainly to the stereotypes of youths, however, at the end towards the resolution the film would subvert to stereotypes of youths.