Narrative Theories In Film

Vladimir Propp

• Character Types

Claude Levi-Strauss

• Binary Opposition 

Roland Barthe

• Five Codes 

1. Enigma
2. Action
3. Semantic
4. Symbolic
5. Cultural 

Tzvetan Todorov

• Equilibrium 
• Disruption of Equilibrium
• Recorded Equilibrium 

Chris Volger

• The "12 stages" of a heros journey