narrative theories

Narrative theories 

pam cooke - cause and effect

Claude Levi Strauss - binary opposition 

Roland Barthes - narrative codes,  enigma code

Tzetan Todorov- equilibrium, disruption, a restored equilibrium 

narrative is understood through two opposites

Action code is a series of production techniques which tell you what is going to happen next 

character roles (prop 1928) such as the                                                                                                               

hero sidekick and villain.

The film joker the theory of binary opposition is shown through camera work as the pan shows the city burning and chaotic instead of setting  a new equilibrium like most films.

At the start there is a lot of longer shots which show an equilibrium but when the equilibrium Is disrupted the cuts become a lot quicker and the pace quickens,