Fantasy Film

Vladimir Propp - The seven spheres of action

The villain:- Isaac
The donor:- Sammy gives Jonas the gun to shoot Isaac
The false hero:- Don Tracks, who stabs Jonas and leaves him for dead
The helper:-John, Jonas' brother sets up Isaac.
The princess:- Shanice, Jonas current girlfriend, Isaac's ex
The dispatcher:- Dr Jameson, allows Jonas to leave before schedule to allow him to catch Isaac
The hero:- Jonas.
Roland Barthes
Enigma codes:-
in the climax of the film, we find out that Shanice sets up Jonas which leaves him in critical condition.
Action codes:-
when blood seeps through Jonas' t shirt we know something is wrong, also, when Jonas' hood goes up and the gun cocks.
Multi strand narrative:-
it is not a multi strand narrative as it is just one episode
Linear structure:-
it goes in a systematic chronological order beginning middle and end

Tzvetan Todorov:-

Equilibrium: Jonas just finds Shanice whilst picking his brother up from school and gets her number. They start going out.

Disequilibrium: Shanice's obsessed ex finds out she is going out with Jonas and gets jealous and trys to wipe him out.

New Equilibrium: Isaac gets killed by Jonas and the whole of instagram knows how much of a filthy girl Shanice is