Todorov's narrative theory (Loyal)

State of Equilibrium- This happens when our lead character at the start called "Benis" is calling his old friend "Rick". Rick has just came out of juvenile detention from a 5 year sentence from attempted murder at the age of 13. Benis offers to help his old secondary friend Rick to sell a kilo of cocaine for a low price to Rick. This will cost 30,000 dollars because the Colombians only accept dollars for payments.

Disruption to that Equilibrium- This is seen when the dealer and Benis actually meet. Benis hands over the brick of cocaine to Rick, which leads to Rick slicing it and tasting it, "It is good quality". This is the point when Benis asks,"How much do you want to pay for the brick?", Rick immediately interrupts by pulling out a gun and he says "nothing". Benis laughs and this is where they exchange dialogue until back up arrives for rick.

Recognition that disorder has occurred- When back-up arrives for Rick, Benis gets kidnapped. They put a pillow over his head and he is blinded by what is surrounding him. He gets put into the boot and then driven to a location that is very run down. Rick and his crew talk about what to do with Benis and what they are going to do with him (the choice of killing him or disposing him as they took his cocaine).

Attempts to resolve the situation- Benis younger brother Rico realises and gains knowledge through people that his brother (Benis) was killed and who killed him. This is where he rages and wants to avenge his brother killing each and every person who was a part of this one-by-one. It takes a while to get to Rick and then catches up with Rick in a nightclub and the gunfight happens. Rico gets shot, however he gets to kill Rick. This leads to Rico getting arrested from getting caught and found hiding at a safe house.

New Equilibrium- This can be seen when Rico is sentenced for the murder of Rick. He gets the opportunity to pack up and bring stuff for himself. He is escorted to the van and at the end of the journey he realises that he is getting put into a maximum security prison. This is where he gets flashback of the scenes from within the movie.

Todorov's Narrative Theory (Scarface)

Todorov's Narrative Theory (Scarface)

State of Equilibrium- Tony Montana arrives from Cuba to America, from a bad life, and lives in the refugee camp for some time. Later the refugee camp was burnt down due to violent protests, which makes him want a job at the kebab van.

Disruption of the Equilibrium- He quits his job because he had an argument with his manager and went crazy. Then he gets introduced to some cocaine to trade it around. His drug dealing causes bad problems for Tony and one of his friends. His friend gets chopped up in half with a chainsaw. This is where Tony becomes a 'Don' which leads him into having more cocaine deals. This leads him into Frank Lopez who the connection to the Colombian person Sosa. When Tony builds a relationship with Sosa, the cocaine supply starts to become stable.  Which later helps him get a lot of money. This leads to Tony becoming greats friends with Jerry the banker because tony needs someone to keep his money safe.

Recognition that disorder has occurred- Tony realises after he takes huge chunks of cocaine and acts like he is the biggest "Don" there, which later makes him kill one of his connections-Frank Lopez. He also kills Manny, who was about to marry Tony's sister. After this we can see that the problem has occurred.

Attempt (or attempts) to resolve the situation- Tony and his crew have Colombians after them. The Colombians enter his place and Tony and his little crew are targeted. Tony takes a lot of cocaine which later make him really high. His sister arrives aggressively and drunk shooting at Ton, which makes the cartel change their coordination to Tony. Tony just realises that the cartel were here when his sister gets shot.

Return to equilibrium or establishment of a new equilibrium- Tony starts getting wreckless and attacks everyone due to the large amounts of cocaine he took."You wanna play games" Tony says and one of the men come behind him and takes Tony out. This creates a new equilibrium.

mise-en-scene

MISE-EN-SCENE

Location: There will be a few different locations for each of our scenes. The scene where the dealer and customer are making contact through the phone, the audience will see one of the characters sitting in a car in a car park. The second scene will be the two characters meeting in an alley way and doing the deal. The third scene will be in a shed, this is the torture scene.

Props: We will have flour/baby powder that will be wrapped up to look like a brick of cocaine. We will also have a vehicle for the kidnapping scene because thats where the kidnapper will place the person. In two of the scenes we will have a BB-gun to emphasise the severity of the kidnapping.

Costume Design:

In our movie the characters will be portrayed as very rough and very insensitive. This means that the characters will have to dress in 'street' clothing. By this I mean that luxury brand clothing will be worn jeans will be sagging and a lot of jewellery will be worn. 

Actors:

We have Benis at the first scene in his vehicle waiting for a call(car park). In the second scene, Rick will be waiting for Benis to arrive and Rick will have weapons ready to attack