Tuesday 20 January 2015

Title Sequence Coursework - Todorov's Narrative Theory


The genre we have chosen for our title sequence idea is Action-Thriller. My partner and I have chosen this genre because we found it easy to elaborate on and create our plot for our narrative. I will put our narrative in Todorov's narrative theory. 

Our film idea is about four girls who commit bank robberies and a detective that is consumed by solving the case. The duel narrative shows how the detective has been working on this case for 3 years and has become obsessed. He has lost everyone close to him because he has spent so many hours trying to figure out who these girls are and which bank they will rob next. He becomes detached from his wife and daughter; he becomes more isolated as he becomes obsessed with the case. The other narrative will show the four girls making well thought out plans to rob the next banks. They all develop the different skill they each hold and make sure during robberies they have their distinguished red coats and painted masks on. Throughout the film they overcome any problems they have with their wit and they always ensure they are one step ahead of the police.

The Equilibrium
The detective is shown to have a happy life. He has a nice home and a loving wife. Also a daughter, that lives away for university, but calls now and then. The detective loves what he does for a living and enjoys solving cases. One day, the detective goes into work and has been assigned to a new case. The case is of four unidentified girls, robbing banks, stealing thousands of dollars from banks across the city.
The four girls will be shown robbing their first bank and it going successfully. The audience will see how the four girls are so closely connected that it’s almost like they have made a new little family together. They have certain ways of doing everything, to prevent themselves from getting caught; from techniques of hiding and spending the money to having a different plan for each bank, which is personalized to the banks security plan.

The Disruption
The detective has been trying to solve the case for nearly 3 years, whilst the girls carry on stealing money. They have started to target banks just out of the city and no one is still unable to catch them. Over the 3 years, the detective becomes more obsessive with the case and becomes more and more detached from his wife; the wife decides to leave him and the daughter stops contacting him. His life starts to crumble around him. The deputy chief has taken him off the case and given him time of work to “pull his life together”, but the detective disregards the command from the deputy and continues to investigate the four girls. The detective finally figures out where the girls are going to rob next. He grabs his gun and rushes to the bank. He catches one and has her at gunpoint. As she goes to take her mask off, the detective shoots because he thinks she’s reaching for a gun. The bullet hits her as she uncovers her face. The mask and the bag full of money drop to the floor. The detective lowers his gun, as he see’s her face. He is surprised to see his daughter’s face appear from underneath the mask.
The four girl’s disruption would be the obsessive detective always on their case and trying to run from this, whilst still enjoying the rush of robbing banks. As the film goes on the audience will also look more and more into the four girl’s past and how they got to where they are now. They finally decide to rob the last bank before they flee the country, but the plan becomes disrupted when the detective turns up and they have to get away without getting caught. However, one girl doesn’t make it out. She finds herself in a situation where the detective, her father, is holding her at gunpoint. She moves to take the mask off, to reveal herself to him, but as she does, he shoots. She see’s her face drop and she falls to the floor. She see’s red and blue lights as she becomes unconscious.

The Resolution
The daughter was taken to hospital and was put in to a coma. She awakens to her father by her side and the police outside the door. She makes a full confection to him, but not giving the other three girls up, and understands when she gets better; she will have to go to jail. As time went on the detective sorted out his life and had made a new loving relationship with his daughter, whilst she was in jail.

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