Narrative

This clip is from a scene in Snatch

Immediately, due to the medium close up and the lack of people in the scene, we are led to believe that the two people in shot are the protagonists (left-Tommy-Stephen Graham, Right-Turkish-Jason Statham).At the beginning of the clip it isn't clear about what the narrative is, however we begin to hear dialogue and are able to build a picture of what is going on. The film Snatch was made as a multi-strand narrative but in this clip we wouldn't know that as we are only looking at one of the stories being told. Using Barthes theories we could suggest that their are some enigma codes, for example Turkish and Tommy are speaking about buying a Gun so the audience could then question, What is the need for a Gun?, Are they in some sort of Trouble?. Also, later in the clip you could argue that the director has included an action code when the character Boris walks out with a loaded machine gun, the readying of the weapon encourages the audience to think that something is about to happen and it could be quite violent. This action code then prepares the audience for the predicted bloody scene that follows, this is a good thing as a surprise gun attack may leave the audience with more questions then answers. Referring back to Propps theory we could add the seven spheres of action to the three characters and props we see in the scene, however not all spheres may be covered as it is an odd scene. Tommy and Turkish may be considered as the heroes in some respect to the rest of the film but in this clip it is quite hard to say,as we don't know who this would effect the equilibrium, therefore the only educated assumption we could make is that Boris is the villain as he is holding a gun and with help from the action codes we know that he is going to disrupt something.

This clip is from Narcos

In  this clip we start by seeing close up of a character, is all beat up and close to death, this is evident as the mise-en-scene clearly shows this. We do not yet understand why this man is like this, however we could start to make a connection with the person as he's to only one we have seen close up. Our immediate thoughts of this person would be that he is a "princess" according to Propps seven spheres of action as it does look like he needs saving. As the clip goes on it cuts to another we see a close up of, this person could also be the antagonists as he seems to been hurting the other man. Another detail that supports this is the other people standing behind the antagonist but they are blurred out which suggests that they are not important.As the clip goes on we understand that from dialogue we learn that Spanish is being spoken and that they are in Columbia. The TV series Narcos is  based on drug cartels in Columbia and takes more of a Documentary narrative, although some material is scripted for viewer pleasure. In the clip though we are left with enigma codes such as Why is this man tied to a chair? and is he related to the Medellin Cartel? Todorov's theory could be applied here, however it may start with a disequilibrium as the person in the chair isn't in the best predicament. This may lead on to a new equilibrium for some but other people, for example this mans' family may see it has something bad as he is killed.

This clip is from the Key&Peele skit "nooice"

In the beginning of the clip we may be able to apply Propps theory of the seven spheres of action. As we see a medium shot of Peele in the clip who is the original "nooicer" we can assume he is the protagonist and a False hero. This is because as the clip goes on everyone cheers Peele and makes him out as a hero, however later in the clip we see this supposed hero go up to another person who is also trying to say nooice and just not let him. This may change the audiences opinion on this person as you wouldn't usually expect the hero to befriend someone who isn't doing anything wrong. After this altercation we notice that the person who was confronted has gone off. The alleged hero then looks as though he feels bad about this as his facial expressions show signs of regret and guilt. We could also tell that he feels about what he said as we get some sort of action code when he says"nooice" in an inquisitive way. This leads us to believe that he may be worried about what has happened to the person. When we apply Todorovs's theory to this the narrative becomes clearer. This would start as an equilibrium, when everyone is having a good time and only one person is saying "nooice", the disequilibrium could be that another person started saying nooice, this then disrupts the mood for our false hero and causes disruption, however this is shortly followed by a new equilibrium when the two characters who had a falling out; both exchange nooices with each other, then due to their facial expressions it seems ad though the conflict is resolved and they are friends.