Action Film - Analysing Narrative Theories.

Action Film - Analysis of Narrative Theories

The film i have chosen to do is 'fast and furious 5' that was released in 2011 and the genre of this film is action. the narrative of the film is mainly about Director Justin Lin returns to the helm for this adrenaline-charged sequel reuniting series stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker for their biggest thrill ride yet.With the police in hot pursuit and wanted fugitive Dom in tow, Brian and Mia make their way to Rio, and realize they've run out of luck.

Firstly, the narrative pattern for this film is linear which conveys a chronological sequence beginning, middle and end. This portrays, a typical narrative pattern for any film, according to theorist 'Todorov' as it follows three stages and this is highlighted in 'This Means War'. The first stage is, 'Equilibrium' which shows everything is balanced and there is harmony (introduction to the characters). Second stage is 'Disequilibrium' (middle) conveying the beginning is disrupted by an unfortunate event or an evil character which leads to a chain of event involving character. In this film, the disequilibrium is when both best friends find out they are dating the same girl, causing jealously between them. Final stage is 'New Equilibrium' which means the evil is defeated or the conflict is resolved and harmony exist once more.

The theorist Vladimir Props believes that different characters highlight different roles in films. for example Vladimir Props believes that the villain creates a complication in the narrative  the donor gives the hero something that will help the resolution, the help helps the hero in restoring the resolution, the princess has to be saved by the hero, the dispatcher sends the hero on a task, and the false hero appears to be good however his real identity is revealed during the end. This links to the movie Taken, as the story follows Vladimir Prop's theory.

levi-strauss. This theory is about binary oppositions for example, the director uses this to contrast the hero and villain. Props narrative theory focuses on seven character types and he argues that some of them are associated in every films. He came up with this theory, when he was studying folks tales and legends from many different countries and noticed all the characters tended to be similar.