I feel that Todorovs Narrative structure theory plays a very significant part within my short film. For instance, at the beginning we have a new equilibrium where we are establishing what is happening, we presented with a flashback, and then another of her playing with he friends. However, when this flashes forwards again we are confronted with this disequilibrium where we are resulted with a problem, and that this littles girls (the protagonist, Nina) life isn't so perfect after all... Again we see another flashback of Nina being picked on by some nasty people followed by her mum aggressively handling her and she picks her up from school. In the end, rather than following Todorovs convention, I decided to end it on a new equilibrium but where nothing has been solved and we are ended of this new atmosphere where we have just discovered that she was, and still is being bullied, but nothing has been done about it. I did this so my audience would be left with this new problem as though they walk away and solve it themselves. I feel that if I did solve the bullying situation within my film then my audience would walk away feeling satisfied that Nina's problems have been solved. So instead, the audience may walk away feeling impacted like most people, bullying does't just come to an end, it is always
Lastly, I feel as though I have included binary oppositions, the theory by Claude Levi-Strauss. Firstly, good vs bad. For example, as part of my circular narrative structure, there is a flashback of the protagonist playing happily with her friends, shortly ted we see her being bullied and picked on by some bullies. This is a clear example of good vs bad as we have the good people in the first flashback and then the bad people who are picking on her in the second flashback. This could also be interpreted as dark vs light and victim vs bully. Another example, is young vs old. For example, at the beginning we see Nina (the protagonist) as a teenager, followed by a long flashback of her past and her childhood where we then establish the plot and storyline. However, at the end we come back to Nina in present tense just like at the beginning, this example of young vs old I think is to help the audience establish what is happening and why her childhood is so significant.
