Equilibrium / Todorov
Identify at least one example of each of the following in the clip:
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Proppian characters:
- The hero: Ethan Hunt
- The donor: Benji Dunn
- The helper: Luther Stickell
- The dispatcher: William Brandt
Equilibrium: A team struggles to remove an unwanted package off a plane, Ethan the protagonist, is needed to complete the mission.
Disruption: Benji, who works on the hacking, continues to mess up and struggles to make to correct decisions. In the process, Benji fails to open the correct door that Ethan planned on jumping into. Benji finally opens the correct door but nearly risks Ethan's life in the process.
New equilibrium: Ethan straps himself and a couple of parachutes to the wanted package and sends himself and the package flying off the plane. This originally was not the plan at first but he still managed to successfully get the package off the plane.
In media res: The action begins in the middle of the scene after Ethan finally appears to be jumping on the moving plane, which is something he should have done before the package made on board.
Multiperspective narratives: One of the opposing characters that were holding the package hostage on the plane, watches as Ethan sends himself and the package right off the plane using a parachute.
Through Equilibrium, in the first 6 minutes we were able to learn everything we needed to know about the characters, and make connection to Proppian characters. For instance, we could already tell that Luther is considered the "helper" in reference of Proppian in only his first dialogue due to him stating, "Benji needed my help". We could also see how disruption is presented as things do not go as expected with Benji's plans, as he has explained that already tried a plan A and B and both have failed. We were given a new equilibrium when Ethan appears with a last minute plan, which nearly failed because of Benji many failed attempts, but eventually became successful.
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