Narrative Theory: Todorov

The narrative is the way the story is organized and the three elements of narrative are time, closure and enigma.

Time is the period of time the film is over, for example in our Thriller we have made the flashbacks to show that our actre

ss was a child. The closure is how the story is wrapped up or how the loose ends are tied up at the end of the film. An enigma is a problem that is created within the narrative that needs to be solved by the characters.

Todorov

Todorov's theory says that films begin with an equilibrium where everything is balanced and normal, which then leads on to a disruption, a problem that creates an enigma. As the characters within the narrative need to solve the enigma the next stage is resolution, where the enigma created by the disruption is solved. The final stage of Todorov's theory is the new equilibrium, where everything becomes balanced and normal again but different to how it first was.

Although many texts use this theory there are still those that don't, one being Cloverfield (2008).

This theory wouldn't apply to my music video as the audience isn't sure what the time frame of the song is, we never see the equilibrium as the song isn't introduced, we don't know what the enigma is and we never see what happens at the end.