Todorov's Narrative Theory of Equilibrium

Todorov's Narrative Theory of Equilibrium is the media theory that Miranda and I would want to incorporate into our movie's opening. Even though Todorov's theory has more than three sections, we were only taught about equilibrium, disequilibrium, and new equilibrium. These three sections, in my opinion, will go nicely with the story of our movie. Not all three sections of Todorov's Narrative Theory of Equilibrium will be used during our film opening because we are just being told to do a film opening and not an entire short film.

Equilibrium is the first part of Todorov's theory. This includes introducing the characters and starting the story for the viewers. In connection to our opening, this would be part of our second scene, which introduces two people in the first shot. They do routine everyday activities that provide viewers with background information about the relationship they have. 

Disequilibrium is the second section in Todorov's theory. This contains the first disturbance, which takes place before the film's climax and affects the protagonist's life. The protagonist's goal is to attempt to make things right after noticing the issue. The opening portion will not go over this aspect of Todorov's idea. After a chance meeting with a new character at the end of the second scene, one of the characters in the story realizes something is strange. Since the new character is not a part of the main character's everyday life, this new character would act as the disturbance in our film. 

New equilibrium is the third section of Todorov's theory. This usually occurs at the ending of a movie after the main character finishes fixing their issue. Since it is shown at the end of films rather than the beginning, this section of Todorov's Narrative Theory of Equilibrium would not be featured at all during our film opening. 

I was able to gather all this information about the three sections of Todorov's Theory from thorough research. Mainly, I was able to get the most valuable information from a website called Media Studies, which provided many examples of each section of the theory to further explain how they all corrolate. e