1. By Emma Bradshaw

2.  He studied hundreds of myths and legends, and discovered that an
audience will interpret the world through opposites.
 He observed that most narratives are organised around these
conflicts
 Examples of Binary Opposites;
 Night and Day
 Black Vs White
 Boys Vs girls
 Protagonist Vs Antagonist

3.  This Greek philosopher discovered over 2000 years ago, that a narrative must
contain a:
 Beginning
 Middle
 End
 This theory has developed into the five main stages of narrative which is more
recognisable to a modern audience:
 Exposition- The scene is set
 Complication- Something happens to disrupt the life of a character
 Development- More characters are introduced
 Resolution- Matters are resolved
 Climax- Decisive moment reached

4. This theory suggests that a narrative must follow the
journey of a hero or monomyth.
Campbell believed that regardless of the time, place or
culture of a narrative, they all follow the same universal
stages with recognizable characters.

5. Todorov’s theory suggests that on a journey though a film narrative, it is
conventional to pass through the five stages. Which are
1. A state of equilibrium
2. A disruption to the equilibrium by an action
3. Recognition of the disruption (usually by the protagonist)
4. An attempt to repair the distribution
5. A reinstatement of an equilibrium, which is usually changed in
some way from at the start of the narrative.