Group Narrative

My narrative post:

-Female victim- making it more sympathiable for audience

-Murder

-Kidnapped

-Cliff hanger

-Iconography( weapons like knives, representing danger) 

Harry's narrative post:

-suicide

-flash backs

-stalking

-plot twist, decides against suicide due to kind old women

-kind old women dies, clip ends, enigma

Caras's narrative post: 

- hidden indentity

- we see the antagonist but never their face

-stabbing

-cliff hanger

-his a psychopath

-bad childhood

-dark/deserted setting

-the killer kills those closet to her - so to strip her of friends/ family

-left on her own, we feel sympathy, clip ends, enigma

Final narrative:

-Suicide attempts 

-main scene, about to commit, bridge

-flashbacks towards why she is in this position (stalking, outside victims house, in schools, stalks family)

-kind old women saves her life

-the antagonist kills the old women, giving it a plot twist

The chosen theory I think is most relatable towards our own narrative is Tzvetan Todorov's theory as at the start of the story a disequibirim as the main character is about to commit suicide. This makes the start of the opening sequence effective as there is a sudden shock for the audience and then the audience can feel sympathy to the character as she is so upset with the way of her life that she feels the need to end her life by jumping of a bridge. During the middle of the sequence, there is another term in which Todorov uses called 'equilibrium,' which means everything is normal and back to as it should be. This is the part of our scene when someone who is seen as the saviour of the scene, convincing the girl not to kill herself. This makes the audience feel relieved as everything is good again. Then by the end of this opening sequence, there is another 'disequibrium,' as the saviour who helped the main character to not commit suicide, then suddenly dies by the antagonist. The antagonist is the person who led the main character almost to her death, as he extremely worried her by the stalking. By having an disequibrium at the end, creates enigma and suspense towards the towards the audience and creates tension. This also draws the attention towards whats going to happen next, intriguing the audience to watch the rest of the film. By having shock, tension and surprise within this opening sequence makes it an effective scene and by the audience eager to watch more, shows that the narrative was interesting and valid within the genre of a thriller.