2. Who was Tzveton Todorov?
Todorov was a Bulgarian literacy critic, who suggests that most narratives begin With state of equilibrium, which
meant “A calm state of mind” for the protagonist and the other characters in the film. Till a outside force disturbed
the peace and the protagonist has to fight against this force in order to back to equilibrium.
Furthermore, this theory can be applied to Horror films because his theory of there always being only a certain
number of characters who crop up in most narratives links into the common Horror genre characters.
3. This is the stage were the film will be at its normality and the characters are
in a calm situation.
For instance in the film ‘The hunger game’ the characters are getting on
with their everyday life, such as hunting as the protagonist those in this film
and usually there will be conflict between anyone.
4. During this stage of the film there will be an issue that will occur and cause
unhappiness with protagonist or the characters.
Within the ‘The hunger game’ the protagonist finds out that her little sister will
be part of the hunger game, which upsets her and cause the disturbance with the plot.
5. This part of the film the character realises the issue or problems.
In ‘The hunger game’ the protagonist realise the problem and decide to take
Matter into or own hand by taking her little sister place.
6. The characters attempts to restore peace again.
Catnesss fights for her life in order to win the game and end it for good.
7. During this final stage of the film characters re-gains normality after
restoring the peace.
At final stage the films goes back to being at it normality because
the characters and the protagonist bring peace back to the plot.
