Todorov's Narrative Theory

Todorov's theory suggests that every film has a beginning, middle and end. He had a Basic Narrative Theory, and an Extended Narrative Theory.

Todorov's Basic Narrative Theory:
1. A state of equilibrium - stability, a situation which is balanced because there is nothing to make it unequal
2. Disrupted by an agent of change - something which enters the plot to create a state of discomposition.
3. Final resolution
4. Return to a new equilibrium

Todorov's Extended Narrative Theory
1. Exposition (introduction to narrative and characters)
2. Development (growth of an arised situation)
3. Complication (problems within that situation)
4. Climax (usually a confrontation or twist in the narrative)
5. Resolution (return to a new equilibrium)

Todorov's Extended Narrative Theory can be applied to 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'