Narrative Strucute in Films

Equilibrium à Disruption of Equilibrium à Restore of Equilibrium

 - I, Robot (USA, 2004 directed by Alex Proyas)

à Equilibrium: Year 2025 (Chicago), robots are common in society and they are used as employees and policemen, they make life easier for lots of people, and robots have been in society since some years before. Robots follow the three laws: Defend humans. Do not injure humans. Robot must obey orders from human, except for injuring other humans.

à Disruption of Equilibrium:  Robots start attacking humans to “defend” them as the only way to follow the 3 laws is to completely supreme the humans to avoid them injure themselves.

à Restore of Equilibrium: Deactivation of all robots, after some fights and thinking by the humans.

 - Jaws (USA, 1975 directed by Steven Spielberg)

à Equilibrium: The Island, is a nice and calm beach people go to relax, and a vacation resort

à Disruption of Equilibrium: A shark appears in the calm water and kills a local teenager there, and causes commotion

à  Restore of Equilibrium: Hunting of the shark after some while they kill it and the beach is calm and peaceful again.

 - Ice Age I (USA, 2002, directed by Chris Wedge)

à Equilibrium:  Ice age animals living happily, minding there own business

à Disruption of Equilibrium: Human baby gets lost and ends up with the protagonist animals

à Restore of Equilibrium:  Animals return the baby to its parents