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

We have decided to name the title of our film 'The Life of Guy'

We feel like this really emphasises what our film is about and it's sort of comical as it's based off of the film 'The Life of Pi' but about our main character, Guy, instead.

Our film is essentially about a really unlucky, nerdy, 19 year old guy named Guy who is socially awkward and doesn't fit in. In the beginning of the film we are introduced to his character as he gets ready for a first date with a girl he met online. However, this goes horribly wrong and the girl, Bella, ends up running away from him. During the middle section of the film, we see him trying to get over his rejection and also a bit about his Uni life and how he doesn't fit in until he meets this girl, who becomes his best friend. She teaches him how to fit in and what he can and can't do on a date and basically trains him to be socially accepted. Eventually, by the end of the film this does happen and he finds himself surrounded by friends and even has a girlfriend.  His luck changes.



Our film follows two main narrative theories. One of them is Todorov's theory about the narrative structure of the film where he says that the film starts with an equilibrium then there is a disequilibrium (disruption) and then by the end of the film there will be a new equilibrium. In 'The Life of Guy' the first equilibrium is the life that Guy's used to, basically being socially awkward and a gaming geek who doesn't fit in. The disequilibrium would be when he meets his girl best friend who pushes him past his comfort zone and does various things to change the lifestyle that he is used to. The new equilibrium would then be Guy as a changed man. He has friends, he's no longer socially awkward and he also manages to get a girlfriend!

The second theory that our film follows is Levi Strauss's binary opposites theory which refers to related terms or concepts which are opposite in meaning. In our film there are many binary opposites such as cool vs geek, socially accepted vs socially awkward, stylish vs shabby and so on. These binary opposites help to drive the story and are important in a narrative.