R+P Post 7: Our film's title and plot outline

Our film's title is 'The Life of Guy', this has clearly been based on the real film, 'The Life of Pi' due to the fact that we feel it rolls off the tongue very well and is also quite a humorous name due to the the play on words of the real film.

Our film is about an unlucky 19 year old, called Guy, who happens to be relatively nerdy and just in general a complete fail at life. At the beginning of the film, we see Guy getting ready for a date with a girl he meets online, however, he gets in a real state over the date and the girl, Bella, ends up leaving the date when she sees him due to how awful he looks. The middle consists of Guy meeting another boy who befriends him, he takes him under his wing in order to teach him how to be around people. We also, see some of his uni life and how he struggles to fit in. Finally, by the end of the film, Guy has completely changed and is no longer the awkward man at the beginning of the film. He has lots of friends and even gets the girl. We can finally see that Guy has changed his own luck.

Our film follows several narrative theories. The first of which is Levi-Strauss' Binary opposites theory. This will be especially evident at the beginning of our film where Guy will be describing how he feels his luck may have changed by the fact that he has a date etc. but we will see him completely failing at basic activities at the same time. This will create an oxymoronic feel that will come off as quite humorous to the audience seeing as what he's saying is just completely different to what he's doing.

The second theory which we will be following is Todorov's theory. This is where the film will start with an equilibrium which will be disrupted by something to cause a disequilibrium towards the middle of the film. By the end of the film, this will have been solved and there will be a new equilibrium. In our film, the equilibrium will start with Guy going about his usual business being an 'outsider' like he's always been used to. However, a disequilibrium to his usual life will come about when he meets his new friend who will guide him, taking him out of his comfort zone and normal life. The new equilibrium will be reached by the end of the film where Guy is happy with his new personality and finally fits in.