Narrative Task

I, Robot

This movie starts of by being in an equilibrium however a rogue robots that defies the three laws of robotics, this is the disequilibrium. In this scene detective Spooner, played by Will Smith, is the hero and protagonist. He is also with a woman called Susan who plays the helper in this scene as she shows him around the factory. The rogue robot appears to be the villain in this scene however later on in the film he joins forces with detective Spooner to take down the real villain, V.I.K.I.

There are a few enigma codes that holds the audience's interest such as, why has this robot suddenly decided to defy the three laws? and what are the robots true intentions? The action code is at the start of the scene when the detective draws his gun. This signifies that there will be some action in this scene. This movie also follows the linear pattern of progress to a resolution in the form of beginning, middle and end.

Heroes

Heroes is a drama that revolves around multiple characters so it is logical that is follows the multi-strand narrative pattern. This is when more then one narrative is running parallel involving different characters and narratives. There are multiple enigma codes for this scene, one being who survives the fall and does he catch the girl?

When considering Todorov's theory of equilibrium, we know that there was once a state of equilibrium before the characters got their powers. In this clip the disequilibrium is the villain trying to take the powers of the other characters. Propp's character theory was fairly easy to apply to this scene. The clear hero was the man in the brown jacket as he was trying to help the cheerleader who was the princess in this scene. The villain was the man who was dressed in all black and had his face covered by the shade from his cap. However at the end of the scene there was another woman who may of been the real villain who is using the man dressed in all black as a puppet.

Coco Pops Advert

This advert starts in a state of equilibrium by everyone happily eating their cereal together around a table. The disequilibrium then occurs when the villain, which is the crocodile, tries to steal the Coco Pops from the other animals. The hero is the monkey as he ultimately reclaims the cereal while the hippo helps the monkey in this ordeal. Also the chameleon is a helper.

The enigma code that holds the audience's attention and control how much we know. In this advert people want to know if the crocodile is going to get away with the cereal or if the monkey can get it back for him and his friends.