narrative

props character theory

The hero: Batman
The dispatcher/the donor: Commissioner Gordon
The princess: Rebecca 
The villain: The Joker

todorov's equilibrium

equilibrium: the equilibrium is the opening scene of peaceful Gotham city.
disequilibrium: The disequilibrium is the thugs robbing the bank.
New equilibrium: The new equilibrium is at the end when Batman defeats the Joker.

barthes codes 

Action code: The action codes in this are when the thugs are in the car are getting their guns prepared as well as when the man we know something is going to happen that will involve violence and disruption to the city of Gotham.

Enigma code: The enigma code is the masks that the characters are wearing as it gives us no knowledge of their identities and their true intentions, also the man who was standing on the corner with the mask in his hand is shown as mysteriously powerful compared to the other robbers just from his positioning.

barthes codes

• The villain: School boy
• The Donor: The headteachers deputy head
• The Helper: Teachers
• The Hero: The headteacher

There is an action code when one school  boy is about to punch another. there is a sort of a disequilibrium as there is tension.

Roland Bathe:

Enigma code: 

the  'rule' that anyone is allowed to do anything they want because of their personal anger and the thought of them inflicting their pain on others 

Action code:

 the shootings and violence are the action codes. 

Todorov Equilibrium:

Equilibrium: The atmosphere and setting of America before the purge, being to live without this 24 hour rule place by the government.

New Equilibrium: after the purge, when everyone gets back to normal and killing is no longer legal and people can casually carry on living knowing their is some safety provided by the national services.

props character theory

the villain: all the people who seek to take other peoples lives

the donor: the people he is helping are actively also helping in the resolution. 

the princess: the female her sister and the couple that the hero is trying to save. 

the dispatcher: the person who sends them into the task is actually partly the two females granddad and also the hero who finds it in himself to help, on a humanitarian basis.

the hero: the protagonist is the main character, the man helping the group of people survive and assists them in keeping alive.