Narrative Structure

Propp:
Movie: I Am Legend
Hero(Protagonist): Robert Neville(Will Smith)
Sidekick: Sam(German shepherd)
This scene shows the two main characters in the movie. The opening scene shows a man and his dog who act as the protagonist and sidekick of Prop's theory
Other Propp characters in the story come later on in the movie as this movie is mostly about the isolation of a man with his dog.

Movie: Deadpool

Todorov-Tzvetan Todorov's narrative theory suggests that all narratives follow a three part structure where they begin with equilibrium, where everything is balanced, progress as something comes along to disrupt that equilibrium, and finally reach a resolution, when equilibrium is restored

This scene shows the protagonist hunting with his companion, which is soon disturbed by a pack of lions stealing his "prey". This suggests that the movie will be about Man vs Nature. The equilibrium of this part is where the man and the dog are in the car together. The dog has her head out the window showing how peaceful it is.

The disruption that soon takes place is a group of deer running out in front of the car. The man now becomes more serious with intent as they start hunting. This equilibrium is soon disrupted  by a pack of lions stealing his prey.
 There seems like it is going to be conflict but it is soon resolved as the hero hears his watch go off indicating it was time to leave


Levi-Strauss- Binary Opposites(Good vs Evil)
In the I am Legend Opening scenes the Binary opposites are made very clear using lighting. There was a normal and somewhat warm vibe coming from the parts of the scene where there was light but as it became darker the mood changed. There was also fear in the protagonists eyes as he looked into the darkness as if he shouldn't be there.

Barthes:
Barthes said that texts were either open or closed and had a theory that films all followed the same codes. there are many different codes he said that films followed for example The Hermeneutic Code, The Enigma Code, The Symbolic Code, The Cultural Code and The Semantic Code

Learning Comment

From completing this task I have become aware of multiple narrative theories, and why it is important to have a structure to your film. I have also learned how important it is to give the audience some information within the opening sequence in order for them to get hooked into the plot of the movie using structures that are commonly seen in movies . I could use a dress code to help differentiate the binary opposites of good and evil. This would make it easier for the audience to keep up.