Film theory

Todorov's theory of equilibrium:

Equilibrium: Maya and Tom are 'happily' dating. They seem very in love.

Disruption: Maya dumps Tom.

New equilibrium: Tom kills Maya then kills himself.



Propp's Character theory

Because of the Arthouse, unconventional feel of our film, our characters don't really fit the roles of Propp's conventional character theory.

We do have:

1. The princess (person sought for during the narrative)
2. The hero or victim/seeker hero, reacts to the donor, weds the princess

However, this "hero" turns out not to be a hero at all, but a very disturbed, unlikeable character. This shows the ways that we have gone against the conventions and therefore makes our film less mainstream and more niche.



[Please note that this planning is no longer relevant to our final idea, only our original idea, as we changed our concept: see our change of idea post]