Todorov said that every media text has to have a narrative of at least three stages. The first stage is equilibrium. This is where everything is normal and nothing is wrong. The next stage is the disruption. This is where the equilibrium is ruined or disrupted. The final stage is the new equilibrium. This is where the problem has been resolved and a new happiness has taken place.
This video expresses Todorov's theory at the very beginning of the video. To start, the two characters have landed in the jungle. This is the equilibrium. The male character then gets eaten by a tiger which represents the disruption of the equilibrium. The female character realises that he has been attacked and so she runs away. She then reaches a new equilibrium whereby she feels comfortable in the jungle and acts as a 'queen' of the jungle.
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