P1: Generating Ideas

 P1: Generating Idea

Theories to help me with creating a Drama:

Todorov's Narrative Stages: In this theory, Todorov mentioned that there are 5 stages that a character will go through; those are Equilibrium, Disruption, Recognition Repair the Damage and Equilibrium Again.

Propp's Spheres of Action: The seven spheres of action are: 'the hero', who are usually male, is the agent who restores the narrative equilibrium often by embarking upon a quest (or search), saves the princess and wins her hand, 'the helper' aids the hero in the task of restoring equilibrium, 'the Villain' creates the narratives disruption, 'the donor' who gives the hero something of importance (advice, an object) which helps restore the equilibrium in the narrative, 'the princess/prince', this character is namely the victim and needs to be saved form the villain by the hero, 'the dispatcher' sends the hero on their quest thus starting the narrative and finally the 'false hero', a character which pretends to be good but is revealed at the narratives end they weren’t. 

Levi Strauss Binary Opposition: The theory of 'binary opposites' entails that the majority of narratives in media forms such as books and film contain opposing main characters. These binary opposites help to thicken the plot and further the narrative; and introduce contrast. For example, in a superhero film this could be good vs. evil, in a horror film this could be human vs. supernatural, and in a comedy this could be young vs. old. At their simplest, binary oppositions give us stories in which good battles evil, but there are countless other formulations of conflict found in media products: humanity versus technology, age versus youth, brawn versus intelligence.