Tzvetan Todorov's theory that narrative's follow a generic cycle of events fit into ours as we have a clear narrative plot line with no twists (it would be cool if we did, but that would only complicate the video). The Equilibrium is the male character; Jack's peaceful state when he is content with his binge drinking, drug abusing life style. A problem is caused when the female character (Agent of Disruption) tries to make the male character realise what he's doing to himself is wrong. This puts the male character in a Disequilibrium as the two friends argue, showing a state of confusion. The male character then acknowledges the problem, seeks to solve and finds his friend. Both protagonists and the story line reaches a new equilibrium/harmony when they have a renewed and stronger friendship.
Vladimir Propp's typology theory of narrative structures does not fit as there is not enough characters in our music video. Moreover, our characters do not venture on a quest, and a music video does not last long enough to include all characters along side performance. If we were to make this theory fit, we could have our performers act as the other characters, and merge narrative and performance together. This would be interesting as it would contrast music video conventions of having narrative separate to performance. However, it could be done and researched on, as other artists have become the narrative character before.
Levi-Strauss' theory of binary oppositions only works when there is an outwardly struggle between characters, such as good versus evil. In a sense, the idea of self-abusing lifestyle versus the righteous and moral lifestyle could also be a binary opposition in our music video, but it is not a clear theme and would only be prevalent in mentality, and that in itself is a very forced idea to fit into the theory.
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