All stories start in a state of equilibrium, which is then disrupted, setting in a motion a chain of events. The resolution of the story is the creation of a new/different equilibrium.
Equilibrium>Disruption>Resolution/Re-Equilibrium
My equilibrium would be a peaceful start with the mother and daughter leaving their house, the disruption would be the the kidnapp of the protagonist daughter and death of his wife, the resolution would be the the call from the main antoganist and the re-equilibrium is left in suspense.
Vladimir Propp
Vladmir Propp was interested in the narrative of folk tales. He identified a theory about characters ‘Stock Characters’ and actions as narrative functions; they provide a structure for the text.
The Stock Characters relevent to my short film are:
The hero – a character that seeks something
The Villain – who opposes or actively blocks the hero’s quest
The princess – acts as the reward for the hero and the object of the villain’s plots
Roland Barthes’ Enigma Codes
Enigma/hermeneutic code - anything that sets up a question in the narrative
Semic Code - the way in which the character, actions, events, settings take place on meaning; mise-en-scene, semiotic analysis, psychoanalytical theory
Symbolic code - Signifying binary oppositions or psychological symbols
Action code - Codes of behaviour in the diegetic world that are universally understood, from our de-coding of other narratives.
Cultural/Referential Code - Codes that are defined by the world outside the narrative diegesis, with are understood through our interaction with the wider world.
Robert McKee
Robert McKee has a simple 5 part structure for narratives:
1. Inciting incident - the death of his wife.
2. Progressive Complications - the kidnapp of his daughter.
3. Crisis - He has to do what he is told to get his daughter back.
4. Climax
5. Resolution
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