Roland Barthes- Enigma and Action Codes:
Enigma Codes: Some of the enigma codes in this scene are why did he push her?, will she survive or die? The enigma codes make the audience become much more interested in the movie and make them more inclined to watch till the end of the film so all their questions can be answered.
Action Codes: The overall setting of the scene acts as an action code as it seems dangerous and the perfect place for the director to kill-off a character. The water dripped also acts as an action code as it conveys to the readers that itis slippery and the girl might fall to her death.
Tzvetan Todorov - Equilibrium:
Equilibrium: When everyone is walking calmly onto the bridge, chatting to each other
Disequilibrium: When the man pushes the girl off the bridge making her hold on for her life
New Equilibrium: (Although not shown in the clip) The man allows the other characters to help her up and teaches the importance of not giving up.
Vladimir Propp - Character Theory:
The Villain: In this particular scene, the man who pushed the girl off the bridge seems to be the villain but when watching the movie, it is shown that he is not the actual villain but he is a helper to the real villain.
The Helper: In the clip, the helper seems to be the girl who gives words of support "come on Chris" but this character is actually the main character and the hero in the film.
The Hero: In this clip, the hero seems to be the girl hanging onto the bridge as, like the hero, the girl faces an issue and (although not shown in the clip) works her way out of the difficult situation she is in.
The False Hero: In the clip, the man who pushes the girl can be seen as a false hero as before the incident happened, he seems to be caring as he asks the girl, "you feeling a little better?", but then is shown to be bad as he pushes her off.
Enigma Codes: Some of the enigma codes in this scene are why is he in this torture chair? and will he get out?
Action Codes: The main action code in this scene is the sparks coming from the chair. The sparks show that the chair can electrically shock people which is proven when the main character shouts in pain from the chair.
Tzvetan Todorov - Equilibrium:
Equilibrium: (Although not shown in the clip) As this TV show is abut the problems the main character faces when he turns into a werewolf, the equilibrium is only shown right at the beginning of the series when the main character was an ordinary boy enjoying life.
Disequilibrium: The disequilibrium started when the boy turned into a werewolf which made him face many problems but the particular disequilibrium in this scene is when he and his two friends are captured and put in the shock chair.
New Equilibrium: When the boy finally realises the answers to all the questions the old woman continuously asked him, he was released and he began his new mission.
Vladimir Propp - Character Theory:
The Villain: The old woman who continuously asked questions
The Princess: In this clip, there seems to be two princesses, the girl who is strapped to the other shock chair and the girl who is forced to choose to shock the boy or the girl (after reassurance from the boy, she shocks him instead of the other girl as the boy is a werewolf and can heal whereas the girl in the other chair is human and will die from the shock). Both these girls may be the princesses as they both need the boy to save them.
The Hero: The boy who is getting shocked. Like most heroes, this hero has found himself in a difficult situation but ends up finding a way out along with helping everyone else.
Enigma Codes: As this is a trailer rather than a clip, there are many clips packed into the trailer, meaning that there are many enigma codes such as will the werewolf boy kill many people or will he be killed the end of the movie.
Action Codes: Some of the action codes include the werewolf features being shown such as the hands with claws or the changing eye colour as it shows that the werewolf boy is losing control and might hurt/kill someone.
Tzvetan Todorov - Equilibrium:
Equilibrium: When the werewolf boy lives happily with the family and starts learning how to live like a human.
Disequilibrium: When the authorities lock him up and try to kill him
New Equilibrium: When the girl saves him by letting him go free
Vladimir Propp - Character Theory:
The Villain: The man who is pushing the authorities to kill him and persuades them that the werewolf boy is very dangerous.
The Hero: The werewolf boy can be considered as the hero as saves the girl on numerous occasions but the girl can also be considered as the hero as she is the one who restores peace by letting the werewolf boy go and stopping the authorities from looking for him after.
The Princess: Like the hero, the princess role can be interpreted as the girl who got saved many times by the werewolf boy or the werewolf boy who had to be saved by the girl at the end.
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