In this audiovisual media text in which gender performativity is done, we can observe gender performance and performativity in different ways.
The first is compulsory heterosexuality, since, as we see, tradition and social expectation dictate that matchmakers always arrange marriages between a man and a woman, and nothing else, thus employing heteronormativity. Furthermore, gender performance is also present here, as Mulan's repeated actions of makeup, beauty, and staying at home socially defines her as a woman. However, when she replaces her father in the war to successfully conceal her identity, she performs a masculine gender performance with every abrupt and forceful action in order to not get caught because only men can fight.
This changes and variations helps us visualize in a more show this specific way how the sex in this case female, and the gender she exercises men differ, through various repetitions of micro-rituals that set not only the social expectations. But this at the same time express and shows how parodic representation works, since when he develops her female gender, she is extremely feminine make up, dress, jewelry, and when she changes to male, he makes sure to be very masculine use weapons, have a strong voice, no fear. And how she is not only dressing as, but adapting aptitudes that we usually assign to genders, so for examples she is wild and become more braver when she is in disguise, and she stays more calm but resilient when she is a girl, at the end she preserves a combination of the two genders aptitude, to make her own personality and gender
This determines and explains a little more of how the theory of Judith Butler works.
The extract from You Only Live Twice demonstrates cultural incompatibility. We can see that the protagonist, a man seemingly from the West (possibly American), experiences a culture shock with Eastern culture. Although he apparently adapts and falls in love with a beautiful woman, tradition is a long process, and he can only copy it, thus creating a space of discomfort.
The extract from Live and Let Die presents a binary worldview, racial otherness, and nurtures. As we can see, the only good guys, the hero, and the victims are always white, while Black people are always the bad guys. This increases fear because it reinforces the stereotype of Black people as evil, suggesting they have strange rituals and enjoy killing, as seen in the scene.
The extract from Skyfall shows racial subtext because the agents at the base, without explicitly stating it, doubt that the Black protagonist can carry out her mission and complete it successfully, even though she is independent and prepared.
The extract from Die Another Day doesn't incorporate Gilroy concepts as much, since it considers everyone more suitable for their roles. For example, there are Black bosses and good agents. However, its inclusion is somewhat limited because there are relatively few Black people, and their roles are not as prominent as those of white people.
An example of the Aspirational Narrative theory is Titanic, as its plot consists of a Setup, Confrontation, and Resolution. As it progresses, it presents aspirations that people have, motivating them to keep watching because they hope for a good outcome and the desire for Rose and Jack to survive and be together.
An example of multiple leads with diverse identities is the TV show Wednesday, as the two girls are main characters and leads, but their personalities are different, allowing people to identify with one of them and encouraging diversity.
An example of active audience engagement is The Avengers, as there is a variety of roles and genres that keep people on the edge of their seats, allowing them to find something they like and identify with in order to enjoy it, but also including a mix of expected and unexpected outcomes.
An example of Fluid Identity is the film Enola Holmes, as her identity has been shaped by various factors such as her personal experiences. It is unusual because, in the cultural context, she is not a lady but rather a free spirit, which emphasizes the adaptability of her identity and allows her to explore her personal growth.
An example of encouraging identity play is The Little House on the Prairie, as it presents a more traditional form of identity and establishes roles expected by society, showing that it is also acceptable to have expected roles and jobs in identities such as the man working and the woman being at home, thus it can be emphasize that this may limit personal growth.
At 4:05, Van Zoonen's theories about "the male gaze," objectification, and patriarchy are very clearly represented, as all the men direct their gaze at the girl, some making flirtatious and suggestive faces, and others looking at her with disdain, as if she were insignificant and small.
This extract doesn't actually reinforce the idea of the female body as spectacle, since the protagonist isn't wearing suggestive clothing or anything that provokes female objectification. However, it does acknowledge it by reinforcing a narrow ideal of womanhood, such as a small face with a small nose, long hair, beautiful eyes, and a thin figure.
The aspects of Van Zoonen's concepts of masculinity that appear in the scene are that the male body is predominantly celebrated through sports imagery, since at the base most of the agents training, running alongside or on the ropes, are men. Furthermore, it also shows strength, not weakness, since in the elevator scene all mens are tall, muscular, and strong and are contrasted with the small, weak girl in their midst.
In this scene, we can also observe the construction of women as passive participants, since although we see her exercising, she is tired and appears to be doing everything slowly. She obeys immediately a man's command and cannot be in the same room waiting (minute 4:36) but rather waits alone in another office.
And also it's an active representation because even so, the girl remains the main focus of the scene and appears constantly, which invites female viewers to watch the protagonist since she doesn't get angry but simply obeys, and she doesn't have an angry expression, which can be seen as a sign of inner strength.
This extract is a subversive female representation; that is, the female protagonist defies societal norms and expectations. We see her actively exercising and alone in a forest, entering without any fear. Socially, a girl cannot be alone in a dark, solitary place. Although it can be countered by saying that she was at a camp and that the girl isn't doing anything special, since she's just obeying orders, this can be refuted since, even if she has to obey, she does so willingly; she doesn't feel offended or angry. Moreover, she continues to fulfill her responsibility of arriving on time and is encouraged to train on her own because everyone else trains at the base, but she decides to do it in the place where are signs that says "pain, hurt, agony. I love it."
The filmmakers use appropriated representations when they mix the noise of a home. On the one hand, his mother's Puerto Rican heritage is loud and speaks Spanglish. At the same time, his father is quieter, but neither is ashamed of what others say or do; instead, they care about what happens to their son. At the same time, given his Black heritage, Miles room is very colorful and has a playlist that varies from pop to Latin music to rap, showing his combination that is quite faithful to his origins. When it comes to Counter typical representation this is shown by the tendency of his graffiti style on stickers, the fact of sticking and putting them, everywhere that usually can be considered that this group of people "young black" when they do this it is considered vandalism but here they show it as a way to express art and spread positive messages, as well as when he feels out of place in the academy because he does not want to be pitied and treated differently because he is not high-class and this is rectified when he says "I'm here because I won that stupid lottery" and his facial expression he really wants to be with his people his fellows, the people who understand him, speaks and thinks like him apparently direct him to adapt certain behaviors, and that's what he likes and he is happy, but his parents do not like that because they think is a bad influence and that is why they decided that he should join the academy to avoid being like his uncle and this is where the deconstructed representations come in, that surely his father and uncle grew up in a school like this, more like a low-class neighborhood and school and that is why That his uncle doesn't live in a very nice place, but with very loud music, and his father doesn't want him to end up like that, while his father worked hard and is now a police officer and doesn't want Miles to get lost because (this also counts as typical counter). Because of this backstory between his father and his uncle, Miles's path is being very "controlled."
All of this is meant to support the central idea of this extract, which is that the future of Black-Hispanic youth is stereotyped as if they grow up in a school that isn't high status, their path will be lost and they will end up being criminals, wasting their potential; and this will explain the personal battle that Miles have to take a decision in which path he will go, and if that will meet the "Great Expectations" not only of his parents at this point, but rather his own life expectations.
In this scene we can identify and therefore analyze two of the four effects of postmodernism #1 effects of replication/duplication that is, the chain of consequent events, that is, as an audience we already know what is going to happen before it happens, in this case we know that the blue and gray robot (Atom) who is our main character along with the boy and the trainer are going to win the fight against (twin cities) the red robot with two heads, and we know this through different elements first mise en scene since the motive that blue is good and red is bad is manifested in this scene and we sympathize with those on his side who are family (a child and an adult together plus the girl betting from the gadas) and his unconventional method that shows effort and dedication since there are not so many resources vs experts in expensive latest technology systems used to control the robot. But we can also observe #2: the effects of
The media is everywhere. As we can see at a glance, everyone in the arena is watching some type of media, whether it's the entertainment of the two robots fighting, or the players controlling the screens. But deeper still, we can see that on the screens surrounding the arena, there are advertisements from different brands promoting the movie, but also the event, thus demonstrating an extreme media invasion.
This brings us to the second step, which is to analyze two of the four supporting aspects of a critical postmodern element. That in this scene are #1 hyperreality, here are several examples the first is the robots themselves, since they show the please human boxers but without humans, that is to say the "rest time" to repair themselves, the training not only of the robot but of the team of humans to analyze the weaknesses and predict the movements of the speaker but at the same time the bets of who will win, and the audience of humans supporting booing. All these elements show that this is a reality but together with something unreal that are the machines thus creating a hyperrealist atmosphere moving forward #2 media blending we can see that there is the opinion that robots only fight to gain fame and money and that they have no feelings, this is the opinion of the characters that we see in the showcase (the girl in a white dress and the Asian man with a hat) vs. that the robotic fight can represent the passion of an ex-boxer and is to unite people to support technology but more importantly the robots contain the feelings.
All of these element's support and validate Baudrillard's theory of Postmodernism.
In this scene of this extract, we can identify a specific purpose which is that we as an audience can identify, bear witness and come up with sustainable reasons to support the "Sholin" team. This purpose is reestablished and clarified as we analyze certain structuralist interpretations of how this meaning is created. For example:
Narrative events: We can identify the moments in which there is cross-cutting (part of editing) between the two teams, which visually creates a sense of opposition. This is where the Narrative Opposition comes in. This scene creates a collision of events in which the Sholin team is apparently going to lose since they are facing a "Top-ranked team," but to our satisfaction and entertainment, they win by a landslide 42-0 in the end. But in order to fully understand the narrative, we must first analyze the mise en scene, which in this case, the team we support, 'Sholin,' is dressed in orange, a bright and eye-catching color, while our opponent, team 'Puma,' is dressed in white, which shows a little more sobriety. We can relate this to the narrative that they are a top-ranked team and have no blemishes to lose, which leads us directly to our next point, the Character Opposition, which create the expectation that these two teams will face each other, but at the same time, we see the contrast in experience of the Puma team, since being a top team takes time and dedication, versus the natural talent of the Sholin team's powers despite their "dumb" behavior like smoking while beginning a soccer game. All of this being emphasize and clearly presented in just the firsts minutes. Furthermore we can also explain how one of the four potential functions of binary opposition specifically the one that is to create an identifiable character type works in this clip since this binary opposition makes us as an audience quickly gain the direction that the scene is going to take when the antagonists are introduced in this case we know that the Puma team mock the Sholin with laughter and do not even take them with importance since as we can see at minute 2:42 the member of the Puma team who is on the right side of the character begins to pick his nose showing the devaluation they give him, and the Sholin instead of defending themselves before apparently give reason to the Puma but we begin to support them and we begin to sense that the Sholin are going to win because they are the good ones and how do we classify them further? Well because the good ones do not make fun of others only the bad ones in this case the Puma team. This shows us in a very simple yet practical way how creating identifiable character type works.
After we analyze more deeply the theory of structuralism in this extract, we can firmly say that we have comprehended how even in a simple scenario of a game, humans' behaviors are attached to a set of rules and patterns which proves this theory.
They Live (1988)
In this scene of this extract, we can identify a specific purpose which is to unmask everyday purposes through unconventional methods to show reality and its impact.
This purpose is reestablished and clarified as we analyze certain structuralist interpretations of how this meaning is created. For example:
Genre-Driven Binary Opposition In this fantasy and horror scene we create our expectations as an audience of what we expect to see based on what we have seen in extracts of this type of genre which in this case to be more specific happens to be Sci-Fi -Aliens/Humans mixed with the Horror genre- Known/Unknown which gives meaning to the meaning of this scene since just by thinking we can connect the dots and we expect that the aliens have to do with the unknown which we can see in the extract transitions (which is part of these dynamic editing accomplished throughout the scene) that when the main character puts on the glasses he sees aliens and when he sees them he also sees the hidden signs behind everyday media products such as obey and this reaffirms our expectation that the aliens 'want to rule the world', this brings us to the next point. Mise en scene we can see that apparently the world is colored, and everything makes sense but when he puts on the glasses everything is monochromatic black and white showing A deeper reality than previously thought. This supports stylistic opposition since it encodes a juxtaposition of events, which goes hand in hand with sound, since we see that all the recurring sounds presented never come from the main character, but always from others or from their surroundings, which creates the sense of deep reflection that something serious and even disturbing is being revealed. Furthermore, we can also explain how one of the four potential functions of binary opposition, specifically the one that is to clearly explain ideas, works in this clip. With all the structuralist elements, it helps us as an audience effectively understand how the reality behind media products is difficult to differentiate in a world with so many distractions and things that grab our attention, like colors. While when we see everything black and white, we more easily identify good from evil. This scene transforms this complex concept into a coherent and easy-to-understand form. This is how this extract fulfills this function.
Explaining which of the five conventions (verisimilitude, narrative considerations, character conventions, iconography, audience appeal and representation) would be best used to determine the genre, and why.
By using the representation of women and their support to society, whether they are housewives, office workers, or agents, they determine the genre of drama since normally women are considered dramatic, this shows that it does not have to mean something bad, as a dramatically unique woman and passionate about what she does, the difference at this point is very relevant since the motif we have is the housewife who takes care of the family, proves to herself that she can be much more and wants to experience what would have happened to her life if she had not dedicated herself to the family, at the same time, putting different costumes that make the characters have a somewhat fantasy elegance gives the extract a low degree of verisimilitude, thus giving room to sci-fi since this is contrasted with the environment that makes it more verisimilitude, although we assume with the audience that the iconography must be magical in the sense that the protagonist is Asian, we always hope to see some action with reference to the commercial arts and ancient culture with elegant dresses and ostentatious makeup, but also pretty. When we talk about the narrative, specifically in this case the multiverse, we as an audience always hope to see many transitions of places and the famous "variable" of yourself that can have different types of personalities, which gives a window for comedy to come in since there can be a silly/funny variable of you, and this extract develops it perfectly.
Which elements of text genre subversion (cultural effects, social context, historical effects, economic context, audience saturation effects) seem to apply to the film, and how? The cultural effects are quite unique for example the fact that the protagonist and her family are alienated automatically lets us know that she is busy and very busy, moreover at second 0:50 of this extract Ms. Wang herself says "Hey busy today, no time to help you" emphasizing the repetition which Neale considers important since it makes us feel smart, at the same time we see that Ms. Wang is lower-middle class since she uses the communal laundry (well at least the main universe version) and also that she is very close to her family although for a moment she considered them as a caricature because we can see the teenage girl being serious and sad and a man who we can infer is her father in a wheelchair and her husband a bit annoying but loving and learns to revalue his family which is very important since historically Asians are known for respecting each other, I thought the audience is very diverse since there are different types of places represented which attracts people of all races, and since it is in different cultures and different jobs that it performs throughout the multiverse it can be more relatable to different types of people but also to women in particular because it represents them since not only have many seen themselves as housewives but they can do much more and that even if they decide to be a housewife it is because they love doing that and value that so there is no perfect position or flaws that define you but everything makes you who you are today and that is why there is no need to put stereotypes of women.
Applying aspects of genre hybridity to the film and explaining how it's relevant.
Verisimilitude at low and high degrees, by showing the changes in reality since people are real humans and their environments are the same, for example, forest, house, office, make the audience able to relate more with known places, but by using low degree, by using the multiverse and the transitions, they give a magical touch to the extract, making it not only striking but fun, avoiding monotony and boredom, but by seeing different contexts and universes, the audience is attracted to pay attention, but at the same time it changes our emotions little by little since there are calmer, kind, professional variables, while there are others more daring and cool. At the same time, the mix of Asian culture in terms of values but with an environment of different cultures draws attention since people feel represented but at the same time it is cool to see how they can connect with each other. For these reasons, they are relevant and make this genre extract very appealing to both new and old generations since it preserves the nostalgia of values with the modernization of adopting different habits due to the influence of different cultures.
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Identifying what I believe to be the film's genre:
Horror, comedy, musical
Explaining which of the five conventions (verisimilitude, narrative considerations, character conventions, iconography, audience appeal and representation) would be best used to determine the genre, and why.
Representation of that aspiring artists will do everything possible at any cost to achieve fame or get what they want, in this extract we can see how the iconography we see people composing songs we expect to see concerts, and being like heavy music like rock we expect to see the character convention of heavy black makeup, loose hair, aggressive, which includes the music genre and a little horror, at the same time when we see the knife in the curtain we expect the horror that someone is going to be murdered however when we see the massacre of the bad person how she is strange and a little silly it is a little funny which causes us to not take it very seriously until we see her red eyes, at the same time seeing a high degree of verisimilitude helps us as an audience to assimilate and even brings to mind singers or similar scenes in real life, oh and specifically when she says that she signs a contract for the exchange of her soul, One reason I expect is that things will go well, that he reaches his peak of fame and then plummets.
Which elements of text genre subversion (cultural effects, social context, historical effects, economic context, audience saturation effects) seem to apply to the film, and how?
Being an old movie we expect a little nostalgia but seeing the scene we can remember that at that time rock was very famous which takes us to the historical effects since it brings back memories, but at the same time there is a great cultural and social context since for some seeking success at any cost is wrong while for others it is not and this from another point of view can affect audience saturation, but it can hold it a little for the sympathizers of this kind of music and or strong style black makeup and so on, at the same time we can notice the economic content which we can see that the person who is offered the contract is relatively middle class but when he becomes famous he is rich and has pretty girls and goes to famous places which can indicate how the decisions affect however there is a bad effect and that is that the songs are prohibited from being sung by other people since they die (they are murdered) which can attract the attention of the audience that likes horror.
Apply aspects of genre hybridity to the film and explain how it's relevant.
We can note the horror genre with comedy, which isn't very common but leads the audience to express interest in something strange, but at the same time plays with their emotions. Because what would there be to laugh about in a horror movie? Is your reaction questionable? Although at the same time, this means that different types of generations can go see it. For example, most people today prefer horror and, even more so, comedy. Together, these two can appeal to both audiences, thus creating an individual product character. Which is quite unique, but at the same time, it evokes nostalgia for the hairstyles, music, and even the technology used to make music, which can attract different people to remember or learn these systems.
Electric Dreams (1984)
Identifying what I believe to be the film's genre
Sci-Fiction, romance
Explain which of the five conventions (verisimilitude, narrative considerations, character conventions, iconography, audience appeal and representation) would be best used to determine the genre, and why.
We can see the representation of humanity versus technology, since who has feelings? When looking at the narrative consideration, we begin to notice something very well-known and expected: a computer creates a "bond" with a human and then reveals itself when the human prefers another person over it. At the same time, it gives us expectations of iconographic, especially technology, short circuits, false messages, everything the competitor can do to ruin human relationships. This leads us to define science fiction, but it is a bit intriguing since, as an audience, humans themselves are all included, since technology has brought us several doubts. At the same time, touching on themes of feelings, specifically love, which humans sometimes do not know how to express but use technology to do so, leads to debates about whether romance is genuine.
Which elements of text genre subversion (cultural effects, social context, historical effects, economic context, audience saturation effects) seem to apply to the film, and how?
We can see that since it is something technological, its historical effect is great since we can analyze that little by little the reach of technology is increasing and therefore, we feel related. In terms of social and cultural aspects, a debate arises since there are different perspectives on the subject of machines having a feeling of alone, which leads to saturation in the audience who wants to see this since they want to see its effects on society but also to reestablish or change their point of view. Since the protagonist lives in an ordinary place, we can see that not being rich does not mean that his access to technology, which is limited, cannot prevent many effects or damage that it can cause, which does not lead us to relate.
And above all, the fact that as humans, especially the male audience, who is known for not knowing how to express their emotions to avoid being judged or misinterpreted, prefer to use machines, but does it really convey the essence of what they want to say?
Applying aspects of genre hybridity to the film and explaining how it's relevant.
When watching romance and sci-fi there is a great mix for different types of audiences both men and women and young people and adults, also creates an individual product character since it is fascinating to see to what extent romance can be seen as true or false in sci-fi and that sometimes we prefer to put it in a place or a world that does not affect us but that we would like to be in to see if the good or bad things happen that we think put realities and make decisions according to what we see, this extract can also play with emotions since it takes us from a genuine and fought love (the boy and the girl) versus the feeling of betrayal and jealousy of the computer because it leads us to empathize with it since in the end she was the one "responsible" for getting him the girl, Finally, but not least, something that is very relevant is mirror consumption audience experiences, when watching this extract there are people who can feel identified in situations in which They have tried to express something for someone and based on their experiences they have a certain way of seeing the film, who knows if seeing it will reset their decision or may change their opinion or open up to possibilities, but as love is not a topic that happens but considered piggybacking it is always effective and attractive.
Identifying the Todorov's Equilibrium Theory in this extract.
Proppian Characters: In this extract we can identify different Proppian character as The helper who in this scene is Luther helping The donor who is Benji, since when Benji encounters problems on the journey in this case hacking/entering the plane's system to stop it since it has a package that seems dangerous (probably bombs), and since he can't get access, Luther fulfills his character by helping, or in seek of a better term followed by Benji words and I quote Luther is there for "assistance" in order to Benji to overcome this difficulty, Luthor done this by hacking a Russian Satellite so that Benji can hack and take control of the plane's systems. Benji is the donor character since he gives Ethan (The Hero) access inside the plane by opening the doors so he can enter and stop the delivery of the package. Ethan is a Seeker-Hero since although we can identify him as our hero since he throws himself into action to stop the plane that contains a dangerous package, he relies heavily on Benji to be able to acquire access inside the plane in order to perform his quest to get the package out of the plane.
Equilibrium: In this extract specifically at minute 3:13 we can see that Benji was able to open the door and in fact there is a moment of celebration when we see Benji's tablet showing that he in fact open it and he says "yes, got it" and there is a transition to the plane and for a few seconds we hear and see the door open and our expectations are favored that they are finally taking control of the situation, building stability in the mission. That is known as Equilibrium.
Disruption: At minute 3:21 we can see a disruption in this case a confusion that destabilized the small moments of equilibrium (explanation in the previous paragraph) since our Hero Ethan says "that's the wrong door" at this moment our expectations plummet since the security we felt for those small second, the idea that finally the good guys had managed to take control vanished instantly, and consequently Luthor enters into stress and this is verified when he repeatedly says that that was not the door, and we can see the pressure that Benji is experiencing since he begins to apologize and we can see how his body specifically his hand begins to move much faster moving the controls of the tablet in a desperate way to be able to fix this, however to make this scene more disrupted the villains notice the red Warning signal and we start to feel anxious since now they know that something is wrong and we start to think that is done, they discover Ethan and they're in control.
New Equilibrium: At minute 3:37 a New Equilibrium begins to form since the disruption caused (see paragraph before) is repaired by opening the correct door and little by little the scene begins to stabilize since the disruptions are defused, for example at minute 4:02 as an audience we begin to feel more calm again when we see that Ethan is attached to the package and releases the parachutes and we are given a feeling of satisfaction when we see the face of one of the villains of surprise and desperation saying "no, no, no" and finally we see Ethan flying with the packages escaping from the "center" of the evil ones. Thus causing stability in the scene since this time the good guys are in control and fulfilled their mission although initially it was to not let the package take off in the plane, this new equilibrium offered an alternative solution, that is, to extract the package from the hands of the villains which gives the same result, the good guys wins.
In media res: This extract is a perfect example of how this story starts in mid-action creating an immediate crisis. In this case we can notice that as soon as the scene starts we don't see anyone just grass and this draws our attention, but what begins to do the scene to display a feeling that something is off (disequilibrium) is when we hear the dialogue and the head of the control center begins to say and I quote "Benji, do you copy" upon hearing this we immediately know that there is a communication through an intercom and by "do you copy" we can infer that it is an agent, and when we do not receive an immediate response we know that something is not very right and this is confirmed when Benji's first words are a curse, the Disequilibrium is reaffirmed when the boss asks again for another agent "where's Ethan" showing that there is an uncertainty but as we go a little further Benji says they are executing "plan C" that is to say that bad things have already happened that have interrupted the fulfillment of their objective and that for instance Plan A and B didn't work. Later, we can see that we are given more context and shown the "mission" through Benji's binoculars, where we can see people who appear to be the villains putting a package in the plane. From what is said, the mission consists of stopping the plane from taking off with that package.
At this point, we can infer that we are definitely in the middle of an action "mission," and instead of starting with a plan or something, we are in the problem in the present. This explains way this extract is considered an In media res and inverts Todorov's ideal narrative.
Multiperspective Narratives: In this extract, we can see that the story is told from different character perspectives, creating a repurposing of equilibrium as a disequilibrium because of the shift. To be more specific, we can see that we have to pay attention to this scene because otherwise we will get lost. In this excerpt, it is easy to identify the different perspectives because they occur when the character speaks. For example, when Ethan speaks, we are shown his perspective. When Benji speaks, we are shown his perspective. We always see the face of the person that is speaking. This allows us to know who is speaking and what they think, which is expressed in actions, behavior, and, above all, words. A very specific example is when Ethan is on the plane and says, "open the door." There, we, as an audience, know perfectly well which door he is talking about since we see that he is literally at a specific door. However, when Benji deactivates the door and says, "I got it," we see him, and from his perspective, he has no way of knowing that that was not the door Ethan was at.
As we can see, multiperspectives can cause moments of disruption, but at the same time, as an audience, they make us interact more since we understand how the character thinks and sees things, which makes us change emotions at every moment because each character is different, and this keeps us engaged.
Applying Todorov's Equilibrium Theory:
As we can see Todorov's Equilibrium Theory gives meaning to this extract, and that meaning is to experience the ups and downs of an "impossible mission", as we have been able to analyze previously each apart from this theory only makes us as an audience have a clearer perspective of how each character, each role, is different not only in actions, behaviors and words but also in perspectives, we can notice how something stable (equilibrium) falls in a single minute (disruption) and that apparently it is impossible to recover stability a new window of possibility arrives (new equilibrium), to be more precise in this we can see that in the scene there is always an ups and downs, there are moments of control (equilibrium) for example Benji opening the door and celebrating which makes us feel happy and with the false illusion of control, but there are moments of disequilibrium (disruption = no control) for example the plane taking off and Benjo is not able to take control of the electricity of the plane to stop it, and characters feel fear, panic, decontrol an they expressed visually an communicative and that evokes the audience to feel the same way, and there are also moments of new equilibrium that despite having been unexpected for example the fact that Ethan jumps from the plane with the package on a parachute instead of stopping the plane from taking off gives us not only calm but awakens our interest and creativity to say what can happen, what mission is really impossible?
Identifying the Barthes Semiotics Theory in this extract:
Sign: A Harmonium (Object)
Signifier: Melodies that are intentionally released through the process of pressing keys that vary in pitch and constantly change in order to arrive at a distinct and distinct melody.
Signified: Barry Egan suffers from social anxiety, this can be inferred by the way he decides to be isolated from everyone and it is on purpose because the work he does (taking care of reviewing contractors, deals, advertisements and accounts) can be done in an office but he decides to do it in a dark and gloomy garage with the necessary light to work and complete silence, this can represent the low melodies of the harmonium and as he leaves the garage or rather his zone of control the melody changes it can sound very unpleasant since it seems that every time he risks leaving his zone something bad happens in this case a car overturned, then the pain represents the change of melodies or states in the life of this man, who has not yet found his tune and even more so the truck that leaves him says "checker" referring to Barry's work showing that when he leaves the piano he is telling him that you need a different melody.
Denotative Meaning: A desk in a corner of a large garage with just enough light to barely see, and a person sitting down. (This is literally what we can see in the scene.)
Connotative Meaning: The desk being in an isolated far corner could show the emotional state of the character Barry, who is isolated from society. Being in a garage, like he's hiding, and the low light represents making the minimum possible contact to survive and stay sane (only communicating through non-physical calls). These characteristics cannot lead to the inference that Berry suffers from social anxiety, and despite being isolated, he isn't too bothered by that idea, since he purposely left a fairly wide distance between the desk and the garage door, showing that he isn't interested in giving up being alone.
Code: We can observe a hermeneutic code with the piano, as it is an enigma, forcing us to ask ourselves: Where did it come from? Who brought it? What is Barry going to do with it?
And surprisingly, this code gives purpose to this extract, as it not only gradually allows us to easily infer its purpose and make a connection in our minds, but also that Hermeneutic sounds similar to Harmonium, revealing a secret relationship.
Also, we can see a Proairetic, as we see it from Berry's point of view and see a quiet, empty street, we can infer that something might happen, as the scene is very calm and immediately after, a crash occurs. Although it wasn't what we expected, we had the idea that it was going to be related to vehicles.
Applying Barthes Semiotics Theory: This theory helps us understand the scene in a much deeper way than superficial, not only does it have unexpected content but at the same time each detail has a purpose that can not only be seen with the naked eye but also has to be thought about and searched for relationships or connections forcing us as an audience to go further in order to understand a little more, this is with the purpose of showing us that not all things are what they seem and that there are times when we can "read" and understand a person or circumstance by their environment or behavior (in the case of a person), this is emphasized and reestablished again and again in this extract since we can see that little by little we are given signs of Barry character for example social anxiety he prefers to work alone and not have human contact, the fact that leaving his comfort zone is difficult and this is reflected by the amount of space and time it takes him to walk from his post in one corner to the door, and the insecurity they have since it's as if every time he's not in his safe place something bad or strange happened, in the case that there was a crash between them and they left a harmonium. But this is not only reflected in movements and objects, but if we look closely, he carries a beer in his hand when he leaves his garage and it's like his assertion that he is really doing something normal and that society considers "social" since normally friends get together to drink beer. All these examples help us analyze Barry and that is why the purpose of teaching us how to identify and read someone makes a lot of sense and is emphasized.
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