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Lemonade Stand --> TropFest 2012 Winner
Shock --> TropFest 2010 Winner
Inverse --> TropFest 2014 Winner
Todorov's Theory:
Equilibrium: This young man and his grandfather live in the same house. Every year, everyday this young man and his grandfather have been working outside on the streets running a lemonade stand and their neighbor keeps coming by having a lemonade from their stand.
Disequilibrium: But one day, their neighbor got a job as a council member, this is where he almost believes that he has the right to take down any business (especially the lemonade stand) as they do not have a license to have a business on the streets.
The neighbor then tells the young man and his grandfather they have to take down the stand by 5:00PM on that day. However, he said that "if you not that bee hive down with a lemon, I might consider waving this problem".
So, the young man was took a lemon and walked off to try and help his grandfather to keep the business going.
New Equilibrium: The young man returned to the stand where
Todorov's Theory:
Equilibrium: This mans (the main protagonist) runs a radio podcast and talks at a certain time everyday.
At the moment, I believe that the equilibrium of this film; is about a man crying when he's getting ready to go to work. However, her does not cry the whole time.
Disequilibrium: The main protagonist tries to act tough and normal when he's about to go live on the radio podcast.
New Equilibrium: The main protagonist continues to cry as several points while doing his work. But not only the main protagonist cries, his other co workers cry and get frustrated too.
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Levy Strauss' Binary Opposition:
Binary Opposition: Binary opposition is shown through the main protagonist not being able to control his thoughts which leads him to have a breakdown (mentally (causing him to cry)).
the neighbour brought a demolisher (another person) and destroyed one of the legs to the stand. However, in the end, the young man, the neighbour (who is dead) and the grandfather sitting at the lemonade stand selling lemonade juice.
Levy Strauss' Binary Opposition:
Binary Opposition: Neighbour threatens to take down the lemonade stand.
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Barthes Enigma Code:
The enigma in this situation was about the characters and why the young man lives with his grandfather. Another enigma is why the young man acts like a young child. Another point to make is why the neighbour acts angry and annoyed whenever he goes to get a lemonade drink.
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Diegesis:
Young man + Grandfather runs a lemonade stand
Problem = Neighbour tries to take down the lemonade stand
Problem is resolved by neighbour joining the lemonade stand
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Twist in the Tale:
The neighbour dies after drinking a lemonade juice at the end of the film, because the grandfather of the young man dipped his old socks in the juice which contained multiple bacteria.
Barthes Enigma Code: The enigma that is presented in this short film is the question; Why is the main protagonist crying throughout the stages of him getting ready to go to work?
Diegesis:
Main protagonist has a problem controlling his mental issues (because he can't stop crying)
The audience is then been shown this through the stages of himself going to work
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Twist in the Tale
Don't think so
Todorov's Theory:
Equilibrium: The main protagonist who is the female lady who waves up lying down on the floor. The world she now lives in is all frozen, and she doesn't know why.
Disequilibrium: She see's a mirror in the ladies bathroom and see's everything moving in the 'other side' of the world. Therefor, her curiosity made her go through the mirror into the world where everything moves (ie. the people). However, no one else can still see her.
New Equilibrium: The setting of of short film sets with the main protagonist being able to save her daughter while sacrificing her life.
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Levy Strauss' Binary Opposition:
Binary Opposition: The conflict that has taken place could be when the main protagonist couldn't save herself from being hit by the car when she tried to save her daughter.
Or the conflict could be when no one else can see or hear her, even though she tries so hard to get their attention.
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Barthes Enigma Code: At first, the enigma was, why no one can see the main protagonist/why everything is staying still (freeze). Or the enigma could be, is the main protagonist a lost soul now, since she has already died.
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Diegesis:
- Protagonist waves up on the road
- Protagonist goes through mirror, which the whole world is moving
- Protagonist sees how she gets to how she is now
- Protagonist Saves her daughter
Twist in the Tale
Not really
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