Monday, 8 November 2010

THEORISTS.

Todorov


  • born on the 1st of March 1939
  • main influences were from the 1960's forward
  • published 21 books


 theories:


  • the story starts with an equal balance of opposing forces
  • balance is then disrupted by an event
  • thus creating a problem that needs to be solved
  • in life on mars Sam gets transported to the past through by car crash and then    to resolve problems to return to the current day.



Roland Barthe
  • born on the 12th of November 1915
  • died in the 80's
  • He was a French theorist, philosopher and critic
  • In 1953 he wrote his first full length work in writing degree zero
theories:
  • cultural, action, symbolic and enigma



Levi-Strauss

  • Was a French theorist
  • died when he was 100
theory:


  • theres always binary opposites in films
  • life on mars: the contrast between the 70's and the present day

2 comments:

  1. Bit sparse this Cooke. Explain what each of the 5 codes are and how they can be used by producers

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  2. Thanks, Sam. Don't forget that you needed to comment on a Hopsital Drama, too.

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