TZVETAN TODOROV

Tzvetan Todorov:

Todorov was a Bulgarian philosopher who suggested the theory of an Equilibrium that many stories often follow.
This was a simple five step narrative:

1. A state of Equilibrium where all is well
2. A disruption of that order by an event or occurrence
3. A recognition of the disruption of order
4. A form of attempt to fix the damage that the disruption has caused
5. A restoration of the new Equilibrium

• As you can see from the diagram above, Todorov's Equilibrium Theory is a circular narrative which means that the story can start from any point of the theory. 
• The characters usually take a journey which involves some transformation in their character. 
• Lastly some genre's can have multiple disruptions.

Eddie and I chose to use Todorov's Equilibrium Theory throughout our own work and used it to influence the way in which our music video narrative would turn out.

1. Our music video starts off with the present day of a new equilibrium, everything is in order but there is some underlying disruption, yet this is not made clear to the audience at first.
2. We then foreshadow what happened in his life at war - the disruption.
3. Regardless of these two factors which do fit in but not in order, the army narrative is a complete form of Todorov's Equilibrium.
4. Our beginning shots show our army troop as friends, happy, innocent and naive of what's about to come.
5. The audience gains a sense before they do that something bad is going to happen through point of view shots from the enemy soldier - highlighting a disruption in the Equilibrium.
6. When 'Lewis' one of our soldiers gets shot the troop recognise the disruption as it gets worse and worse.
7. 'Dan' attempts to repair the damage by fighting the enemy soldier, which goes wrong and using our ideas of an alternative music genre, 'Dan' gets killed, creating another disruption in the Equilibrium!
8. The new Equilibrium comes about with our protagonists future, as although things are now in order, he is still struggling with the effects of the Equilibrium.