Assignment 8 Narrative Theory

They are getting on the plane. Hoping for a

safe journey and relaxing.

The timer ends and the snakes start to travel

around the plane, but nobody knows yet.

The pilot ends up finding a snake around his

controls. He then shows the stewardess and

the FBI. The snakes start cutting through the

wires on the plane, which drops the oxygen

mask, making even more snakes come out.

The FBI agent calls the other agent to find a

lot of anti-venom for everyone on the plane.

They start building a barrier to stop the

snake from moving anymore.

At the end, once all the snakes are gone, the

FBI agent and the witness go surfing.

Film Opposite 1 Opposite 2 Explanation

The Breakfast

Club

• John Bender, who goes by

Bender is the rebellious one.

• He gets into trouble all the time

and ends up having even more

detention because of his actions

in the movie.

• He comes from a broken home

where his father often abuses

him, but puts on a tough image

for school.

• He gets angry quickly and seeks

attention.

• Brian Johnson is nothing like

Bender. He is the nerd of the

group.

• He likes to keep himself to

himself and lacks self-

confidence and does not have

any social skills.

• He is very intelligent but is

pressured by his father to be

so.

• They are opposites

by the way they

dress.

• Bender dresses like

a rebel, pilling

clothes on then

wearing leather

gloves.

• Brian dresses like

how every parent

wants their child to

look. Plain jumper,

normal jeans, socks

and trainers.

Film Opposite 1 Opposite 2 Explanation

Spiderman

• Spiderman is the

hero of the film.

• He saves the day

after he was the

one to give „The

Lizard‟ power in the

first place.

• The Lizard is the

villain in the film.

• He gets obsessed

with power and

loses control.

• They are opposites because once

Peter found out that he had spider

powers, he used them for good,

but when The Lizard got his power,

he used it to take over the world.

Film Opposite 1 Opposite 2 Explanation

The Unborn

• Casey stats to see

“Matty”. She finds

out he‟s her twin

brother that dead

in the womb.

• No one believes

her because her

mother died of a

mental disability,

so they think

she‟s mental too.

• He wants to be

born again.

• He‟s evil.

• He wants Casey

dead and is part

of the family

curse.

• Casey wants

to get rid of

the family

curse, while

Matty wants

everyone

dead.

Film Opposite 1 Opposite 2 Explanation

iRobot

• The detective Del Spooner holds

a grudge on the robots because

he says they are heartless as

they saved him from drowning

instead of a 12 year old girl.

• The robots live by 3 laws.

• A robot must never harm

a human being or, through

inaction, allow any harm

to come to a human.

• A robot must obey the

orders given to them by

human beings, except

where such orders violate

the First Law.

• A robot must protect its

own existence unless this

violates the First or

Second Laws.

• They are opposites

because as a

detective, Del

Spooner‟s job is to

protect everyone

from danger, but

then again, so are

the robots.

• Instead of following

their rules the

create their own to

take over the

world.

Film Opposite 1 Opposite 2 Explanation

Snakes On A Plane

• He‟s an FBI agent and is on

the plane bringing a murder

witness to LA.

• A snobby business man,

that is already angry at

the airline for having to

move from first class to

coach, because of the

FBI.

• They are opposites

because while agent

Neville Flynn plans to

save people from the

snake bites, the business

man throws a woman‟s

Chihuahua at a snake to

save himself.

• He later gets eaten

whole by a snake.

Narratives set up as puzzles to be solved.

So Undercover.

Everything is hidden until the end, where there

is a huge plot twist.

Actions and behaviour that leads the

audience to expect certain consequences.

Horror films:

House at the End of the Street.

Check to see if the killer is actually dead.

Killer is not dead.

Other injured person has to save the one in

help.

Connotative meanings of characters, objects

and location.Dark, old clothes.

Clear, empty

space.

Scary, evil

contacts.

Cold, blue lighting.

Bright, daylight

background.

Light, natural

make-up.

Symbolic features often signify oppositions

and antitheses.

St. Trinians.

Trustafarian Chavs Geek Emo Posh Totty

Outside of text and knowledge we commonly

share to bring understanding of the meaning

in the text. Often references to things in

popular culture and historical events.

Disturbia. Camcorder and TV to

show what‟s on it.Swimming Pool.

On a quest/search to restore the

disequilibrium.

The Amazing Spiderman/Peter Parker

Opposes the hero. Cause of disruption and

often a threat to the safety of the heroine.

The Lizard.

Starts the hero on it‟s way, usually to restore

the equilibrium.

Uncle Ben.

Even though he is dead. Peter would have

never become the hero if he wasn‟t fighting

for Uncle Ben.

Helps the hero by giving them a „magic‟ tool, to help them on his journey. Could be advice, a skill or an object.

N/A

Assists/helps the hero in resorting the

equilibrium. Could be the sidekick.

Officer George Stacy.

Once he finds out that SpiderMan is trying to

save the town, he helps SpiderMan by

creating a distraction.

Often referred to as the Princess. Is

threatened by the villain and needs rescuing

by the hero. Often in love.

Gwen Stacy.

Starts off on the hero's side then turns

against them.

Dr. Curt Connors.

All he wanted was to cured illnesses, but

once he found a cure for himself, he let it go

to his head.

The world the characters live in.

Mean Girls. Where the characters live in a

high school world.

Exposes many information.

Cast Away

After getting washed away onto an island,

Chuck must find his way by himself, back

home.

Only giving the audience minimal information.

Contagion.

It is a film about a deadly disease going

around and nobody knows where it came from

or how to cure it.

The audience only finds

out at the end where

the disease came from.