Narrative structure explained

Although for coursework, I will be creating just an opening sequence, you can't decide how to do your opening sequence until you know the path in which your film will follow.

It is common knowledge that any form of media has a beginning, middle and end. This can be elaborated through the idea of Equilibrium. 


Equilibrium is the idea of normality. Using the scientific definition, everything is balanced. You can use this to describe Equilibrium in terms of plot. Instead of Beginning, Middle and End, we have:

Equilibrium -> Disequilibrium ->Equilibrium

The Disequilibrium is when the normality is ruined by something i.e. Harry opening the letter and finding out he's going to Hogwarts. The second Equilibrium doesn't have to be the same as the first, Harry lives at Hogwarts and after the fiasco with Voldemort, his normality is returning to Hogwarts. Looking at this, you can't really get a lot out of the plot and there is another way of showing this structure.

*Protagonist = Could be the Hero/Heroine, but it means the character who the story revolves around.  

From this, we see the 'Equilibrium' is the Protagonist's normality and it's turned into 'Disequilibrium' when the Protagonist meets the Agent of Change which creates the problem which ultimately is resolved. 

If we use the well-known story of Red Riding Hood: