Tzetan Todorov is a famous French philosopher born March 1st 1939 in Sofia, Bulgaria, who is well-known for his published literature and particularly for his theory, not only in media terms but for all types of literature . He has written a total of 21 books about human sociology and how humans and the world work and link with each other. Todorov's theory however has been criticized by a science fiction writer called Stanislaw Lem. He criticized Todorov in not taking in enough literature to back up his theory, by not including the works of science fiction writers HG Wells and Jules Verne.
Todorov's theory is that every storyline has a begininning, middle and resolution or as he put is
- Equilibrium - everythings equal and fine
- Disequilibrium - the story encounters problems and isn't equal
- Equilibrium - everything is fine and equal again in the end
Our film:
- Equilibrium - everythings fine
- Disequilibrium - children go missing
-Disequilibrium - wrong person is killed, teacher gets away with it.
Our story however does not go along with Todorov's theory as we have show two different time periods during the film. We have the normal present day which goes along in the right chronological order,which is represented in normal colours, with no distortions - this would be the main storyline that covers most of our film. Then we have a incident from the past being shown at ramdon intervals during the trailer - these would only be in one location and shown on camera as blurry and distorted to show the audience the time and story change. This was inspired heavily byChristopher Nolan's film "Memento" in which the story is shown backwards with two different time sets clashing. There are many films out there which do not relate to Todorov's theory such as:
- The Butterfly Effect (2004) directed by Eric Bress
- The Prestige (2006) directed by Christopher Nolan
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) directed by Michel Gondry
These films are very rare however and for the most part hugely successful as I think that audience are quickly bored with the normal storyline structure and expect and enjoy beingconfused and thrilled when watching a film that isn't too predictable. This is why I think are trailer would be successful as it's something different and new that people can enjoy and they won't predict what happens. So the storyline is inspired by "Memento" however the ending, in our case is known as a "Twist Ending", is an ending which shocks and confuses the audiences, I was greatly Inspired by M Night Shayamalan "Sixth Sense" in which the story structure follows Todorov's theroy, however in the end a suprise is released on the audience when you find out that the main character has been in fact dead for the whole film; now the audience could not predict this, this is why I believe "Sixth Sense" is as famous and popular as it is today because of the ending. Also I believe that 'twist' endings are probably becoming more widelyused in the film industry today- some hugely successful films which use twist endings are:
- Fight Club (1999)Directed by David Fincher
- The Usual Suspects (1995) directed by Bryan Singer
- Saw (2004) directed by James Wan
Again.. all well-known and critically acclaimed because of their spectacular endings. This is something I hope our film would be, as the killer is not who you expected it to be, you build up love and trust during the film for the Teacher, then lose all respect and trust for him in the end when you find out he is the killer. This hopefully will shock audiences and make them enjoy our film even more.
Todorov's theory is that every storyline has a begininning, middle and resolution or as he put is
- Equilibrium - everythings equal and fine
- Disequilibrium - the story encounters problems and isn't equal
- Equilibrium - everything is fine and equal again in the end
Our film:
- Equilibrium - everythings fine
- Disequilibrium - children go missing
-Disequilibrium - wrong person is killed, teacher gets away with it.
Our story however does not go along with Todorov's theory as we have show two different time periods during the film. We have the normal present day which goes along in the right chronological order,which is represented in normal colours, with no distortions - this would be the main storyline that covers most of our film. Then we have a incident from the past being shown at ramdon intervals during the trailer - these would only be in one location and shown on camera as blurry and distorted to show the audience the time and story change. This was inspired heavily byChristopher Nolan's film "Memento" in which the story is shown backwards with two different time sets clashing. There are many films out there which do not relate to Todorov's theory such as:
- The Butterfly Effect (2004) directed by Eric Bress
- The Prestige (2006) directed by Christopher Nolan
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) directed by Michel Gondry
These films are very rare however and for the most part hugely successful as I think that audience are quickly bored with the normal storyline structure and expect and enjoy beingconfused and thrilled when watching a film that isn't too predictable. This is why I think are trailer would be successful as it's something different and new that people can enjoy and they won't predict what happens. So the storyline is inspired by "Memento" however the ending, in our case is known as a "Twist Ending", is an ending which shocks and confuses the audiences, I was greatly Inspired by M Night Shayamalan "Sixth Sense" in which the story structure follows Todorov's theroy, however in the end a suprise is released on the audience when you find out that the main character has been in fact dead for the whole film; now the audience could not predict this, this is why I believe "Sixth Sense" is as famous and popular as it is today because of the ending. Also I believe that 'twist' endings are probably becoming more widelyused in the film industry today- some hugely successful films which use twist endings are:
- Fight Club (1999)Directed by David Fincher
- The Usual Suspects (1995) directed by Bryan Singer
- Saw (2004) directed by James Wan
Again.. all well-known and critically acclaimed because of their spectacular endings. This is something I hope our film would be, as the killer is not who you expected it to be, you build up love and trust during the film for the Teacher, then lose all respect and trust for him in the end when you find out he is the killer. This hopefully will shock audiences and make them enjoy our film even more.
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