Narrative Equilibrium-Tzevetan Todorov (Blog post 7)

 Mission: impossible-Rogue Nation, July 31, 2015 opening

Proppian characters

The Hero: Ethan Hunt

The Dispatcher: William Brandt

equilibrium: The characters Benji, Brandt, Luther and Ethan get introduce and it states that they are on a mission to get the package out of a Russian plane by hacking into a satellite.

disruption: The hack is successful but all the ways to stop the plane like the mechanics, hydraulics and fuel box cant be accessed. This causes the plan to go haywire and the plane to get on the air with the package still inside.

new equilibrium: The new plan becomes Ethan Hunt getting inside the plane through the door and escaping with the package by its parachute.

multiperspective narrative: The view point changes from  Ethan and Benji with the plane  to a communication room with the character Brandt and Malesia where Luther is hacking the satellite.

in media res: This media clip starts in the middle of a mission where its almost about to fail, this makes the stakes super high, making the viewer intrigued.

This clips purpose is to establish the characters, their roles and personality in the movie. For example the audience realizes that Brandt coordinates the team and is in a higher position compared to the rest as he is shown overseeing and giving orders but at the same time its shown that the other characters don't care about authority too much or  rules through their defiance against protocol. This clues the readers in into the characters and possible conflicts between them in an intriguing way.