Levi-strauss believed in the theory of binary opposites as a film narrative. This is where the film would display very evident contrasts between the characters(people), states of beings or groups.
Some examples of these are:
- Good vs Evil
- Boy vs Girl
- Life vs Death
- Strong vs Weak
- Hero vs Villain
- White vs Black
- Human vs Supernatural
Levi strauss' theory is put in place within films which creates conflict between the opposites of the main characters which then helps to create a thicker plot and a more evident narrative.
Some films where this theory has been put in place could be:
- Batman - within this film, the binary opposites would be Batman himself and the joker (Good vs Evil,Hero vs villain.)
- Snow white - the binary opposites here would be Snow white and the Queen (good vs evil)
PROPP
Propps theory for narrative was having defined roles for characters within film, in which he had 7-8 roles.
Propp believed that the protagonist, would act as the Hero within films and the antagonist, would act as the villain.
TODOROV
Todorovs theory within film to create narrative was the theory of equilibrium, disequilibrium and equilibrium again, which could be used in any film. This is the theory in which the film would start off really good (equilibrium) which would then lead to something bad happening (disequilibrium) and then ending on a good scene again (equilibrium)
This theory would be spread out within a film through 5 steps:
This theory is put into place within many films such as Taken, Lord of the rings, the choice and spiderman.
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