Todorovs theory

Todorovs theory Todorovs theory is a narrative structure that a narrative can progress through. It argues that narrative involves a transformation. The characters or situations are transformed through the progress of disruption.

Black Hole short filmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_Msrdg3Hk

The Black Hole short film is about how an average male at work doing his normal daily routine is then disrupted form this by printing off a sheet of paper with a black circle in the middle, he then realises that this is a black hole when he accidently throws his cup in to it. When he realises what this hole can do he takes advantage of it by using it to steal food and even money. However these benefits don’t last long as his whole body enters the black hole and he is trapped in a safe. 

stage 1 – Equilibrium
We see the male at work doing something that he would normally do (all as it should be)

Stage 2 – disequilibrium
The male prints off a black circle, this was  not supposed to happen.
Stage 3 – Disequilibrium
Plastic cup falls into black hole by mistake

stage 4-
he realises the benefits that come out of this hole from free food to getting money out of safe, takes advantage of the hole.

Stage 5 – New Equilibrium
the tape falls off and he becomes trapped. The benefits of the black hole leave him in a situation where he’s stuck in a safe – this benefit has turned into a negative leaving him in a bad situation. He’s returned to the normal in some sense as he’s left with nothing.

By Emily Driscoll