Plot & Narrative ideas

I have chosen to use a woman who is portrayed to be the villain however turns out to be just the helper to the villain. The villain is not shown in the actual clip however he is perceived to be a very much threatening character and one who has a lot of power over the other characters. The 'damsel in distress' is a man- this subverts to typical conventions of any movie as it is the woman who kills him and this goes against the idea that men are much stronger than women as in this scene she is the person who causes his demise. This plays into Propp's character theory, conversely, the idea that the actual villain doesn't do any of the hard work it subverts to his theory about the villain. Also, the idea that the woman is the main and stronger character, conforms to the idea of the 'Male gaze theory'. This is depicted in that the woman is the stronger character and everything is seen from her point of view as the scene follows her through the hallways of the school. As we can only film the first two minutes of the thriller movie, it will be hard to understand the idea that the movie does not conform to Todorov's theory of narrative however it will be clear that the first state of equilibrium will not be met and therefore does not play into the idea of Todorov's theory of narrative.