Sentence Starters

Intro + Institution (see Matrix for exemplar):

Narrative theory: According to Propp's Character Theory there is a clear hero/protagonist in the film '__________.' Interestingly, in The Wolf of Wall Street, the hero is a very unsympathetic character....

Barthes' action and enigma codes work particularly well together in the trailer for Spectre. When we see bond adjusting his collar in the trailer and reaching for a discretely placed handgun, an enigma code is created for the audience. When, in the next scene, he is seen narrowly escaping a collapsing building, it is clearly an action code which denotes that we can expect much thrilling drama in the new installment of the spy thriller. We are exposed to some stunning action set-pieces in the film when...

According to Todorov's theory of Equilibrium, the moment of equilibrium at the beginning of the trailer is...

It becomes apparent that ______ will cause disequilibrium in the film at 0;32 in the trailer when _________________________
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Representation: In terms of the representation of individuals and groups, the film '_____________' provides a very interesting case study.

In the poster, [insert group] (black people, slave drivers, women, fathers, men, non-Europeans, young people, disabled people) are represented as being _________________________________.

This is a common trope/stereotype that audiences would be used to. In particular, the representation of women as being very independent and strong is interesting in the film, '__________'. 

At 0;43 in the trailer we see a black slave rising up against a plantation owner in a particularly violent way. The representation of black people in this instance in Django Unchained is interesting because we might expect a slave to be a weaker character. Tarantino, the director, chose to make Django a character who symbolises the strong desire for revenge of the repressed community. The fact that he shoots a powerful farmer and enjoys seeing 'how he dies' shows a particularly strong representation of black characters in the trailer. This has synergy with the poster because____________________________________________.'